Steven Soderbergh embraces AI while releasing a film about art forgery

by DiamondPittcairn

21 Comments

  1. ApesAPoppin237 on

    Nice, so he’s cool if we all skip this one and just let AI summarize it for us, right?

  2. It will probably be interesting to see what a competent director is able to pull out of AI.

  3. The tech is here whether Reddit likes it or not. So why not embrace it? I don’t see a difference when directors started using CGI instead of practical effects.

  4. Gotta love how “embracing” is a really nice bullshit word to say cuts cost by replacing the crew with a theft machine

  5. Straight-Ad6926 on

    Steven Soderbergh using AI is the least surprising news ever. The man would film a blockbuster on a smart fridge if it saved him twenty minutes in post production.

  6. Mayor_Gubbin on

    People’s absolute fear of AI is dripping in these comments. Dude is using a tool to make a movie and youd think he shot a baby

  7. thethinkasaurus on

    Breaking news: People at the top embrace the idea of work being taken away from people at the bottom.

  8. shrek3onDVDandBluray on

    “Old man who’s already made his fortune announces he doesn’t care about other people and their right to making money.” Just typical old people stuff. They got there’s so who cares about the future generations.

  9. Art and Craft is one of my favorite movies about modern art forgery. Dude gave pieces to universities and museums all over the place. Just presented them as a piece from a dead relative’s collection all the while it could be as simple as a printout with extra paint on it. People were so happy to get the donations they never examined them close enough.

  10. Why bother watching this? Just use ai to make your own.

    “Hey, ai video generator, make me a historical epic, directed by Soderberg”

    Actually, short cut even further, don’t make it and just generate the review:

    “Steven Soderbergh’s AI-generated Imperium Null is a grand historical epic with absolutely nothing at its core. It looks immaculate and feels utterly dead — like a very expensive screensaver having a midlife crisis.
    All the usual epic gestures are there — destiny, empire, mud-less battles — but it’s just algorithmic noise dressed as meaning. No texture, no humanity, no point.
    Not offensive. Just profoundly empty.”

    It even came up with a name for it. There we go, saved the effort of making, and watching it.

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