John Twain

150% Human. Californian by way of NJ & Texas. Recovering Journalist. Actor / Writer / Director / Musician / Founder Dog Mode Labs

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

This is how the “Do No Evil” People became the “People Who Did Do Evil and Learned to Love it” in the first place

No counting how many lives were destroyed, how many creative careers cut short, how many masterpieces converted into porridge

You can thank Stanford Law school and Harvard Law School for producing a generation of law school faculty who made “Just Do Evil” so damn easy and so damn fun for some people

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

This is disgusting behaviour from Google.

It is using its monopoly power to try to force creatives to let it train on their work.

It is career suicide for artists not to upload to YouTube. Arguing that doing so allows Google to train AI on their videos/music - AI that competes with them - is outrageous. Whatever the Ts & Cs say.

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

Copyright reform is the only answer. Followed by payment reform. Across the creative industries. Negotiating with a gun to your head isn’t negotiating. It’s armed robbery.

[David C Lowery @davidclowery]

Good point. I’d just add that, as usual, we wouldn’t be having this conversation if we’d enforce copyright laws at the outset. The lesson of the digital age is giving copyright exceptions to tech firms as a sort of industrial policy, just leads to bigger problems we have to sort out later. Every time! DMCA copyright safe harbor, Compulsory licensing for streaming, etc etc. Copyright law, rather than being outdated for the digital age, is the solution. More robust rights not less.

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So you can ethically use AI for doing shit like editing lips in my opinion

Kissy lips no bueno

I was in a hurry when I posted this

AI better than Botox

Trade offs man, trade offs

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[David C Lowery @davidclowery]

I fucking hate this. Jackass sports bro that knows a little bit about the music business talking down to Shooter. Basically telling him he doesn't know shit about the digital transition. One of the reasons I became a musician was cause I fucking hated the jocks.

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

I dispute the idea that this is generational - this kind of antisocial behavior is to be found in humans across all age groups

some more than others for sure

But then what were we expecting?

@TaylorLorenz

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

The rat is right. This is in fact a thing and a growing societal problem.

Can’t beat public shaming.

The problem is that many of the people you’re talking about have never heard actual criticism in their lives. Not from their parents. Not from teachers. Not at work.

Their little brains can’t process it.

I can (almost) guarantee they walked away believing they were 100% and texted their friends to alert them about the crazy motherfuckers you find hanging around in movie theaters these days ..

We have our work cut out for us.

[rat king 🐀 @MikeIsaac]

to be fair to the blinkered screenagers i was surrounded by yesterday, last weekend was a group of thirtysomethings who just loved scrolling

imo bad movie etiquette is a combo of phones eating frontal lobes, at home streaming rise, and general antisocial post-lockdowns vibes

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

You’ll have a hard time convincing me that any studio on Earth can beat a truck parked at the end of a canyon one on one. It’s not a fair fight.

[Roger Avary @AVARY]

Special shoutout to gaffer Martin Evans for the illuminated lighting in the vestibules, showing off Indy’s antiquity collection and providing contrast within this tiny, window-less room; also excellent lamp placement which balances weight of the shot; and of course the beautiful lamp light being cast onto the closet door. Where would cinematography be without practical lighting design?

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

You ain’t wrong.

The white box - ification trend (Starbucks, retail, residential real estate) is hopefully where it ends

I mean, logically it should

there’s no color left to suck the life out of

[Paul Graham @paulg]

In design, this will be remembered as the colorless era: cars, buildings, movies, the chroma is being sucked out of everything. But of course the pendulum will eventually swing back, and then colorlessness will seem dated.

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

I can't properly describe to anyone under the age of 30 just how cool the Internet was before Amazon, Google, Meta, and Apple turned it all into a walled garden of garbage and commerce.

[Where The Mountains Sing @WTMSMovie]

Please enjoy this sneak peek at the movie!

[Antonello Guerrera @antoguerrera]

Former Ferrari chairman Montezemolo tears the new electric Ferrari “Luce” apart:

“I cannot say what I really think: I would harm Ferrari. We risk the destruction of a legend. So sorry. Take the Prancing Horse off. At least the Chinese won’t copy this car”

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#sarcasm

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Pope vs A.I. interesting subplot

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: Pope Leo XIV calls to “disarm” AI, warning that technology must not be allowed to dominate humanity.

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But AI driven confession removes gatekeepers to God, reduces risk of inappropriate behavior 🙃

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

Things going about as expected in downtown SF.

They’re not tools.

They’re artists and writers and workers.

@davidclowery
@ednewtonrex
@neilturkewitz

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[John Twain @scripthacker_]

Boots on the ground.

[John Twain @scripthacker_]

@pmarca Ask them what happened to the LA Times Homicide report ..

https://t.co/2FX0sI5vft

I’ll tell you what happened.

They buried it.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

I Used to Be a Hollywood Writer. Now I'm Lugging Lumber From Home Depot. It's an Upgrade. https://t.co/lzecuhfNFp