eecane

Eric E. Cane - AuDHD writer and maker. Novels, poems. Builds Neurotypo, writing tools, games, and 3D/2D worlds.

[eecane @ericecane]

@BDFrankHoubre I also love that their performances were captured really well. They definitely shine through the characters they represent.

[eecane @ericecane]

Just finished a short: Alien Interview.

An interrogation room. A hard question. Something that shouldn't be in the chair. Made with a couple of my students, who also helped storyboard and write it. For the performances, I shot both of them on iPhone, edited in DaVinci Resolve studio and then applied my previously rendered character reference images (those were made in Grok Imagine) and then seedance for the ability to use the underlying reference video (which Grok Imagine so desperately needs - in my opinion).

[eecane @ericecane]

I definitely had the storyboard beforehand. My brain tends to have a majority of the shots done in my head very quickly, so I just needed to sketch them out quickly for the two students/actors—and so I don't forget anything - ha, as complexities of even a short film tend to take on a mind of their own when creative talent does things that make you want to capture different subtleties.

This was quick, efficient, and we all had a blast. Their awe came later when I showed them what I was able to turn them into.

[eecane @ericecane]

@Austen One word: hallucination

[eecane @ericecane]

@MichaelM_117 @sundarpichai @ArtificialAnlys This

[eecane @ericecane]

And I thought I knew what cool was. Until I saw a flying car do a kick-flip in mid air.

[eecane @ericecane]

@DirtyTesLa @bot Hmm, would def be interested if this actually works. Glad you’re still doing the work daily and enjoy your tests.

[eecane @ericecane]

@threejs Wonderful

[eecane @ericecane]

Definitely noticed a speed boost on the grok app, expert etc. That’s a real boost to productivity that I like.

[eecane @ericecane]

Yeah, so grok 4.7 is pretty hard-hitting at producing some gloriousness as seen here. Gave it some images, sketches and told it what I wanted and to use those as inspiration to impress me. It sure did. Took 6000+ relatives and made this like it was nothing.

[eecane @ericecane]

I look at the digital camera industry, new models coming out with new features, less money, and also the film industry as a whole and feel we are in a transitional period where the quality of the camera or surrounding studio, lighting, set design tools and talent in real world settings will go the way of the horseless carriage.

Ai is on the rise of reaching such quality that it won’t matter if you can’t get a crew to Italy anymore or that you need massive sets or location shoots for snow or mountain scenes anywhere on—or off—earth.

Watching this and testing the tools with this awareness is…I don’t know how I really feel about it. I love shooting with my Blackmagic camera, editing, sound design, the whole shebang. On the other hand, I can now just shoot on any cheap camera for the performances, camera motion, story and then just apply whatever look I want to the scene, put the actors in any kind of costume or environment.

This will help those of us who don’t have the large budgets or time in order to get our stories out there, and we will see a lot more of that coming. This is a good thing in that regard. But for the life of me, holy crap do they need editors to cut that content down. There is such a thing as “does this really need to be in the shot?” And “for this freakin long??”

It’s all growth if you view it from that perspective. I fully believe and endorse that the human quality of putting thought, word, and story down first—regardless the final product—is an essential part of any creative endeavor. It’s our way to source from an authenticity that I don’t see Ai approaching for 20-35 years.

Copying and just rearranging what’s been done before can be a fun gimmick, and there are certainly people who make money at it, but its lasting quality where true art is concerned pales in comparison.

And yes, I wrote this whole thing from start to finish with my own dyslexic-influenced fingers and my nearly hour long struggle, end-to-end, over each word to finish it.

Yes, I feel good about that.

[eecane @ericecane]

@icreatelife Enjoy

[eecane @ericecane]

Finally. Have over 1000 words written on my next memory/story. Been a while since I was able to get back to writing. Some of this was difficult for me as it was from a very hard time in my life. I’m numb to much of that period simply because I avoid returning there. But return I did. I think I’m far enough and years away from it now that, perhaps, I can start visiting it again.

[eecane @ericecane]

Wonderful artist active right now in GA

[Anna Jano @annajanoart]

Dragon Con Art Show starts now! Find me at Table 66 all con.

[eecane @ericecane]

Mind is constantly on fire. Working on correcting some of the text on one of my voice recordings/transcriptions taken in a noisy car, when my brain goes off into the zone and comes up with a new way to cycle through files via touch device. So, had to get out the sketch pad and draw that process before it left and so I can return to my work.

Some days, the idea-fire is too distracting and hard to remain focused. Lack of sleep and some life changes that make me have to deal with the autistic side of challenges to routine changes puts so much out of whack. And then I get harder on myself for not getting things done to my own expectations.

Eh. Just sharing.

[eecane @ericecane]

@ericzakariasson @bot The ability to have a voice (like grok normals) read back the replies. This would be very helpful while driving

[eecane @ericecane]

The bot is unreal (grok bot). Taking a ton of my written docs/manuals, assembling them from 20+hard drives and apps (their doc folders), into a source truth location in markdown, then it is going through about 40+ of my videos (audio and visual to compare accuracy of the transcriptions where able) and creating draft markdowns for me to verify before allowing it as canon.

THEN, on it’s own, created an html for me to open in the browser that highlights the flags it found on the videos and provided me the reason, location, as well as a large dynamic text field for me to enter my corrections or to validate so that it can make those draft docs into truth docs.

Blown away at that html. Ease of use tool without even asking for it.

[eecane @ericecane]

@Thom_Wolf @huggingface You freakin nailed the cute on that thing

[eecane @ericecane]

A couple of coding tips in general:

1. State the issue. Ask for analysis against the actual code. Success of the fix looks like [describe what success of the fix should look like here]

2. If using an expensive model like Fable 5 (or others) in Cursor, have it spin up multiple subagents of grok 4.6+ (or whatever you have that’s preferred and cheaper) to do the heavy lifting and/or grunt work for it. The expensive model analyzes, spins up cheaper subagents to help, creates the plan, then on approval, spins up more cheaper subagents to do the work while it waits on the reports.

[eecane @ericecane]

@adcock_brett This is actually quite impressive