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“‘Data told us that our users don’t want to work that hard,’ she said. ‘Half of them don’t even change the channel.’”
For 404 Media, Jason Koebler writes about one company's strategy for creating AI-generated films: https://www.404media.co/i-went-to-the-premiere-of-tcls-first-commercially-streaming-ai-movies
Ah yes, pointless nothingness.
That theres a market for that speaks to how pitiful the market is at selecting for meaningful experiences.
"...strategy is to “offer a lean-back binge-watching experience” in which content passively washes over the people watching it. "
So basically: pacification. Pacifiers for non-babies.
@hannu_ikonen @longreads I refuse to watch AI generated garbage, period.
@longreads Kill your TV. Still good advice.
@longreads To me, the key is this:
"For every earnest, creative filmmaker carefully using AI to enhance what they are doing to tell a better story, there will be thousands of grifters spamming every platform and corner of the internet with keyword-loaded content designed to perform in an algorithm and passively wash over you for the sole purpose of making money."
@longreads (cont)
"For every studio carefully using AI to make a better movie, there will be a company making whatever, looking at it and saying “good enough,” and putting it out there for the purpose of delivering advertising."
@longreads Time to take up #reading a good physical #book?