Paul Steyn

African Writer, Journalist, Film editor and Director. Tweets on creativity and storytelling.

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In case you missed it, pick up my feature in the October issue of National Geographic Magazine on the care givers at Lwiro primate sanctuary in the Congo and the orphan chimps who inspire them.

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Where did a film like Mystery Alaska come from!? Jeez man I love that movie. Total immersion in a small cold town; so many themes and messages; sport; relationships; nature. How and why and why not more.

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The biggest AI company in the world does not even use AI as a creative tool to advertise their own product. Take note.

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@genekogan There was no AI involved at all in this one, just physical sources, PS, and AE. Much of the source material in this one was from the Brockhaus encyclopaedia and our internal team worked with some brilliant external animators on the finished product.

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@UlrichJvV @VusiThembekwayo definition of cut your nose to spite your face

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@BenShapiroShow https://t.co/PZwHzXTStR - Not sure how you can fall for this garbage after this video dropped

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@elonmusk Stand firm on principle!

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Question: What happens when you have a huge number people who want to create content using generative AI, but almost nobody wants to actually consume it? Which is the supply and which is the demand?

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@MattWalshBlog @MattWalshBlog going on about how terrible AI generated content is; and then praising an article almost certainly prompted and written entirely by AI. There’s no way a software engineer writes like this.

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This is truly the most satisfying 5 hour reveal of truth in the midst of blatant deception and gaslighting that I have ever watched. Metadeception: the truth about oz pearlman https://t.co/bGwSbueeCf via @YouTube

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@Mikedotcoza It’s… ummm… the country of his birth! And the gov wants to take 30 percent of his company cos he’s not the right skin colour. It’s just plain wrong.

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@SizweLo Snore. Elon Musk hardly cares at all about South Africa. He just won’t give away 30 percent of his company on the basis of race - out of principle. Good on him.

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@Sinawo_Thambo And the law states: he must be black or get a black partner. It's still not ok.

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@GodPenuel @elonmusk How do you write things that you must know are completely false. “Previously disadvantaged” is currently categorised by skin colour. Legally, if Elon were black, or he brought in a black partner, he would be allowed to operate. You lose all your credibility as a commentator.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

the streaming wars, explained

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@FedotOff90 Total crap. The lazy way. I was working with our agency and they were churning out AI video garbage until I told them we are filming real people and making real videos; and our ads skyrocket in revenue. They had the right strategy; but were too caught up in the AI hype.

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@jasonzada Garbage. If consumers found out a painting was copied or plagiarised it would lose all value. Or if there was rat meat in the sausage; nobody would want it. People might like a picture, but if was prompted in seconds: worthless.

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@rupertcheek @_VVSVS That's true. Could be the future standard of artistic value: generated by humans - worth money. Generated by AI prompt: worth nothing.

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@cairoasmith And when everyone realises that nobody will ever buy AI generated art and it's just becomes a glorified hobby.

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@MCulshaw84 @_VVSVS Well; whether or not you are able to sell those books will be the big factor in determining the future of those tools.

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@MCulshaw84 @_VVSVS I'm afraid it will be both of those examples lumped into the same tools; and nobody will be able to tell the difference. Therefore; AI generated content will have a lower value on the market. Perhaps it will just mean physical art will become valued.