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Imagine a movie like Napoleon, but instead of needing 100 million and thousands of extras, you just need 5 actors and maybe a budget of 50k.

You could get something much more creative or historically accurate than whatever Hollywood deems marketable.

I think about AI like any other tool. For example I make music using various software.

Are drum machines cheating? Is electronic music computer sloop compared to playing each instrument.

Is using a Mac and a 1k mic over a 30k studio cheating ?

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The main comparator is Kasane Teto and Suno. Kasane Teto is functionally a piano that uses generative AI for vocal synthesis: https://youtu.be/s3VPKCC9LSs. This is an aid to the creative process. Suno lets you put in a description and completely bypass the creative process by instantly getting to the end: https://youtu.be/UpBVDSJorlU

Kokoro is art. Driveway is content. Art uses the medium and implementation to say something and convey messages. Content is what goes between the ads so the shareholders see a number increase.

I wish there were more things like Kokoro and less things like Driveway.

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What if your making a short movie and driveway is playing in the background during a scene.

It's like everything else. It's just a tool.

You can create an entire movie using a high end phone with quality that would have cost millions 40 years ago. Do real movies need film?