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FILMMAKER JAMES CAMERON CRITIQUES GENERATIVE AI, describing it as a BLENDER OF MEDIOCRITY. His main argument is that AI cannot replicate the unique, lived experience of an individual. He explains that generative AI is trained on the aggregate of all human output everybody's experience, every performance that's ever been on every movie, and every joke. By blending all this data together, Cameron argues that AI produces the mean or the average result. He contrasts this with what audiences look for in stars and award winning performances.. , uniqueness, quirkiness, and the unexpected. He concludes that because AI aims for the average, it is fundamentally incapable of creating the unique qualities that define great art. Adding my 2 cents. I disagree with Cameron’s take. This perspective comes across as gatekeeping. Dismissing AI as merely a blender of mediocrity ignores its potential as a powerful tool for democratization and innovation. Established creators may feel threatened by new technology that lowers the barrier to entry for aspiring artists, but labeling the technology itself as inherently mediocre shuts down the possibility of creators using these tools to forge entirely new, unique forms of expression that haven't been seen before. Video Credit: Artificial Intelligence.
Economists Like Him Could Ruin India’s AI Future. India will never lead the AI revolution if our instinct is to tax intelligence the moment it becomes productive. Raghuram Rajan is proposing a tax on AI tokens because companies may replace human labour with AI. I think this gets the entire technological transition backwards. AI should not exist to preserve every job humans currently perform. The larger purpose of technology has always been to remove human labour from things AI can do better, cheaper and faster. For India, this could be disastrous. America has frontier models. China has enormous AI infrastructure, research depth and aggressive adoption. India is still trying to build its position. Some jobs will disappear. Society has to deal seriously with displacement, income distribution, education and dignity. If India treats AI primarily as a threat to employment while China and America treat it as infrastructure for national power, we should not be surprised when the next technological era is shaped by others while we are left trying to catch up. https://t.co/VbdTf6uWqw
Guillermo del Toro DECLARES WAR on AI - Says Users Are Erasing Generations of Real Artists.. I literally dislike this chap. Guillermo del Toro is acting like the biggest gatekeeper in Hollywood. He just fears the competition. He knows that newcomers will outperform him and tell better stories. The people who didn't get a chance before are now finally going to shine like stars. He says... absolutely no goddamn A.I. It's much more expensive? I don't care. You know? Because, well, listen... The thing is, what we're protecting is the beauty and the redeeming power of art. And it's not about who gets the job, it's about, we are protecting a lineage of art. If we cut a generation of people from learning their craft, you're cutting the rest of the history of that medium away from them, for what?
Codex Champions: @romainhuet - Making iOS Magic Happen. @thsottiaux - Captain of the Codex Ship. @simpsoka - Turning Customer Problems into Solutions. @embirico - Bringing out the best in the team. @victornunez - Chief vibes officer. @ajambrosino - Always Listening to the X Community. @sama - The big boss. @jxnlco - All things vibes. @rohanjamin - A good-natured guy who listens to people.
OpenAI is the first AI lab which fulfilled millions of dreams of common man and uplifted everyone. OpenAI has the top class, world no.1 leaders, researchers and engineers working together. I strongly believe OpenAI will be the first AI lab to achieve AGI and OpenAI will continue to rule the AI world by delivering the top world class models. The biggest thing about OpenAI is not only tech, it is how this tech reached common people. Before AI, many things were only possible for big companies, rich people, highly educated experts and people with big teams. But today because of OpenAI, a normal person can learn, code, write, research, create business ideas, solve problems and compete with the best people in the world. OpenAI gave power to the common man. A person sitting in a small town can dream of building a global company. This is why I feel OpenAI is different. And OpenAI is not only ruling in USA. Its impact is across the entire world. Achievers use OpenAI models. There is also a big difference I see between the leadership style of Sam Altman and Dario Amodei. For me, Sam is more of a people's person. He always talks about humanity, opportunity and how AI can benefit everyone. His thinking looks more towards giving powerful intelligence to millions of people and creating a better future with AI. Dario's leadership looks more aggressive corporate and bureaucracy focused to me, with more importance given to rules, governance and institutional control. Both have built strong companies and both have their own vision, but personally I connect more with Sam's approach because technology should finally benefit people. For me, the winner of AI race will not only be the company which has the highest benchmark or biggest model. The real winner will be the company which changes maximum human lives. When a poor one gets access to world class knowledge, that is success. When a common man can start a company with AI, that is success. When someone without connections or big money can compete with the world's best, that is success. When millions of people can convert their dreams into reality because of AI, that is the biggest success. I believe OpenAI has a very strong chance to become the first company to achieve AGI. OpenAI is not only building models. OpenAI is building possibilities. OpenAI is building opportunities. OpenAI is giving power to ordinary people to do extraordinary things. And this is only the beginning.
The gatekeepers are trying so hard to bring down the AI industry.
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and ByteDance have struck a deal for IP protections in AI videos and image models. The two groups have developed a framework to protect the film and TV industries’ intellectual property across ByteDance’s suite of AI generative products, including the AI video and image generators Seedance and Seedream. https://t.co/Rewh8rCYro
There’s a saying.. no matter how many stones people throw at you, use them to build milestones. Rivals once mocked Higgsfield and now it’s a $400M milestone at a $5.4B valuation. Well done, Higgsfield.
Consider yourself less creative if you're generating the entire AI movie with an agent without stepping into the director's shoes.
You can realistically produce an 'Avatar' on your desktop for a fraction of the cost.. - @shekharkapur on AI revolution.
I Recreated Taxi Driver’s Most Iconic Diner Scene With AI. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jTgMtNUnuhs
Okay, so if you look at all the winning submissions, they don’t even look like ads. They look more like short films. I’m confused. , you announce an ad competition, then select your so called favourite winners because you seem to have a special soft corner for them, but eventually they win not for making ads, but for making short films. Wow. Ridiculous. This whole thing feels like complete bullshit.
When a leading lab has been running frequent AI ad/film contests for the past 3-4years.. why does it seem like only a select group of participants keeps winning? There have been many entries that genuinely deserved recognition, yet the winners often appear to come from the same circle of participants. I have noticed this pattern repeatedly over the last four years, which raises serious questions about fairness, transparency, and possible bias in the selection process. Are these contests genuinely meant to encourage and reward creative talent, or are they primarily a marketing gimmick that exploits AI creators for publicity, engagement, and free content? If the same participants continue to be favored despite a large number of deserving submissions, the organizers need to be more transparent about their judging criteria, jury, and selection process. Otherwise, these contests risk losing credibility and being perceived as unfair or even exploitative.
What if I told you anyone could build and replace million-dollar SaaS products with Codex.
Sorry to say this and blast this out publicly, but I feel I need to. It has been a wonderful journey since 2022, and I have been fortunate to be a creative partner for so many AI companies. I am really grateful for all the opportunities and experiences. But today I have to say this. I have been observing everything very closely for a long time. Imagine the kind of marketing and advertising we do as creative partners for these AI labs. We create content, demos, videos, posts, tutorials, experiments and keep talking about their tools. In a way, we are helping them with huge amounts of marketing for free. If these AI labs had to hire external creative or advertising agencies to do the same amount of work, it would cost them a fortune. Probably millions of dollars. Every AI lab seems to have its own favourites. Whenever there is a contest, campaign, special opportunity or recognition, somehow we keep seeing the same few people getting selected again and again. It starts feeling like partiality. The same thing happens with early access. There is a small bunch of selected creators who keep getting special early access to tools and models. Of course, when someone gets early access, they automatically get an advantage. They get more time to understand the tool, create content and prepare everything before others even get access. Meanwhile, there are so many other creative partners who are also supporting these companies every day. Just imagine how much free advertising every CPP member is doing. Every post, every video, every tutorial, every image and every experiment is helping promote these AI companies. And most of us are doing it because we genuinely enjoy the technology and love creating with it. But when the community is giving so much value, the opportunities should also feel fair. Nobody is asking to be selected every time. But when the same people keep getting selected, the same people keep getting early access and the same people keep getting special opportunities, others will obviously notice. Creators notice everything. We notice who gets access. We notice who gets selected. We notice who gets invited. And we also notice when many people who have been supporting these companies for years are continuously left out. Creative partner programs should feel like communities, not like small groups of favourites. If creators are helping these AI labs save millions of dollars in marketing and advertising, then fairness, transparency and equal opportunities should also matter. I am saying this because I care about this ecosystem and because I have been part of this journey since 2022. It has been wonderful, but some things also need to be said.
This AI shot looks more real than the original Pulp Fiction scene.
This entire piece of music was created in one shot using @pika_labs new audio models. As you can see, the model captured every little detail and nailed the timing perfectly. Pika has cooked really hard on this one, and you can see the result. :)
Pika is back with a bang. I’ve been testing these early audio models, and I must say, Pika has cooked this really well. Can’t wait for you guys to get your hands on it!
Sound on! Today, we’re introducing Pika Audio models: 4 frontier foundation models that cover the full spectrum of generative sound. And we’ve made them less expensive than every audio model on the market—up to 20x times cheaper.* *There is literally no disclaimer
Being an artist means going through thousands of iterations just to get that one perfect shot.
After 20 or 30 years, nobody is going to remember most social media influencers. The shelf life of social media fame is short. Hype doesn’t last. People remember how you made them feel, the impact you created, and the value you brought into their lives. Innovators and entrepreneurs are the ones who build, create, and change the world are remembered for generations.