[rogerclark]

And then what? People sit around making animated videos, all of which are completely interchangeable because they're made at zero budget with the exact same technology? Great. Can't wait to ignore all of that stuff just like we ignore the existing low-quality garbage that's already out there.

[echelon]

Go back to being a kid and dreaming again. Your attitude shuts off immeasurable possibility space, closes the door to opportunity, and makes you sad, bitter, and old.

Please don't be like this. You're more useful to the world if you forget everything you know and start dreaming again.

[a_dabbler]

I think you're missing the point. You could flood the market with AI generated movies and art and music and books but a lot of it will be devoid of any real meaning. Also if u have unique generated content for each individual you lose shared culture that comes with normal entertainment - you can't talk to your friend/family/neighbour about AI show 7472648 as they will not have seen it. Looking at AI generated media is like replacing most meals with Soylent, sure you can probably manage to expend your time/fulfill energy needs but it's going to lack something

[hnlmorg]

I don't think AI-generated, personalised, movies would displace the market either. At least not in the forceable future. However to play devils advocate, there is a precedence for personalised stories that are hugely popular: gaming.

Maybe one day in the future, movies become a bit more like gaming. Kind of like "holo-novels" in Star Trek, where the story does adapt to suit the individual.

This isn't going to happen in the next 10 years though. Even technology aside, the various Hollywood unions wouldn't allow it.

If you look at the last big shift in the way society consumed content (from CDs to streaming) it took decades from the invention of Napster before anything like Spotify was successful. And that wasn't because the general public was slow to adopt. It was purely because distributors dragged their heals.

[hnlmorg]

It’s not cheap running cinema quality gen AI. The tools for that level of quality have a few iterations to go through before we start seeing the average Joe using it.