Ryan Lightbourn

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

You can build an entire movie franchise on a MacBook Air.

RAINBOW SUN.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@CaptainHaHaa The kind of track you pound Red Bull + Vodka to in 2002 🫀

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@joesparks

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

"thE ai BubbLe iS coLLapSing iN reAl tiMe!!!"

The AI bubble:

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@Carrot_breath 1. The 3 billion vs 200 billion is a fake comparison (not sure where you pulled 3 bill)
2. Technology increases exponentially. Models become cheaper, faster, more efficient over time
3. Open source exists, improves every month, and is cheap as hell to run

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

The anti-AI crusade is collapsing in real time.

Jorge was a part of it until Amazon wiggled some money in front of him.

It was never about ethics. It's jealousy & insecurity dressed as principle.
https://t.co/LnzghLIASR

[Jorge R. Gutierrez @mexopolis]

I have decided to drop out of the AI program at Amazon. I will not be making a Punky Duck series. Actions speak louder than words.

My intent was to showcase artists, both new and seasoned, both inside and outside the studios, driving this new tech.

My sincerest apology to those I upset. I promise to do better moving forward. Thank you for your patience with me. I will try harder.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@SerialDesNile @IsThisA3DModel https://t.co/TukXP6UVgE

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@SethMSherwood @MMBeckerman Only colossal idiots were shouting "Hollywood is Cooked" from the mountaintops:
https://t.co/KspZ8i78tn

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@motokomakima No, I'm an investor. I wanted to know which stocks to long.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@BLVCKLIGHTai I think we should all take a moment to enjoy this doxx of Blacklight's legendary aura💫Wish we could've hung in person. Maybe next year.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@Rahll @IsThisA3DModel I'm not defending him in any way shape or form.

"some people have a price to abandon their morals and peers".
-For 99% of the anti-AI mob, the morals are a facade.

For whatever it's worth, I believe you're in the 1% fighting out of genuine principle.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@IsThisA3DModel It's a facade for 99% of the cult. Once the money shows up, the narrative rooted in insecurity gets tossed aside.

This guy is (unfortunately for him) the first from your tribe to expose it.

Everyone knows AI will become the norm in narrative film/animation.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@BLVCKLIGHTai Yeah I think the fact that he used to be on their side, vocally, made it worse. I would've taken advantage & stirred things up with bait personally, but I also don't have a history of being in their camp.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@LiamNayru @drdreams We use Claude to write our tweets.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@IsThisA3DModel I guess you missed the backstory here? This guy is one of your own, exposing the truth behind your crusade.

Hollywood has clearly chosen a side.

You're in it for the X bucks anyway, so you may have a few good months ahead. Unimaginable cope from your followers 🤝

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@drdreams @grok When I was at Full Sail, the SCAD kids were making insane shorts like this, and it ultimately led to me drop out of Full Sail so that I could be more like the SCAD kids 🤝

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@billywoodward Dude this is so outlandishly great 👏

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@BLVCKLIGHTai Does the creator want to visit these places as bad as we do?

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@swaymolina

[Harry Allen @harryallen]

Watching work by @CaptainHaHaa, @Gossip_Goblin, @ryanlightbourn, Dietmar Hopfl, @djdefjef, and others feels like the AI equivalent of hip-hop's Golden Era, when vital work was being made at a hellacious rate, and going in every direction, style, and approach possible.

[Ryan Lightbourn @ryanlightbourn]

@CaptainHaHaa @harryallen @Gossip_Goblin @djdefjef 2nd this. An honor to be included in this list of legends 🤝