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Author here. This is a genuine concern of mine! I don't want to build something that generates slop. Rather, I think whenever we change the costs / process of

Author here. This is a genuine concern of mine! I don't want to build something that generates slop. Rather, I think whenever we change the costs / process of things, new possibilities open up. As an example, last night I re-watched Starship Troopers for the six-hundredth time. I'm a huge fan of Paul Verhoeven. What if I could watch a custom edit of Starship Troopers on demand, and this edit surprised me with something new? I don't know exactly how this would look, but maybe it's interesting? It's tough to predict the future and how things will change. But I'd rather be participating in its creation, trying to make it better.

AlienRobot 2y ago
>What if I could watch a custom edit of Starship Troopers on demand, and this edit surprised me with something new? I don't know exactly how this would look, but maybe it's interesting? Is this what you want to do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUR6ylVH7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUR6ylVH7E
j45 2y ago
There is a high time cost to actual video editing and managing the details well, quite different than generating one template/perception of it, which is more where social media slop is at.
scudsworth 2y ago
>What if I could watch a custom edit of Starship Troopers on demand, and this edit surprised me with something new? I don't know exactly how this would look, but maybe it's interesting? this is not interesting whatsoever actually
- burningion 2y ago
  lol alright, appreciate the skepticism. What if instead of an algorithm designed to hold your attention captive to sell you shit, a feed of videos created to help you focus on what you aspire to learn / be / do? idk probably bullshit too, but why not?
  - hackable_sand 2y ago
    You have no idea what you're doing do you Bfr
  - jeffmcjunkin 2y ago
    We don't advance as a society unless people ask new questions. Having folk willing to spend some time answering those questions (in public, no less!) helps others. It's really, really damn hard to predict how advancements in one area can help another. All that said, thanks for your interesting new question, and thanks for spending time on it :D

AlienRobot 2y ago

>What if I could watch a custom edit of Starship Troopers on demand, and this edit surprised me with something new? I don't know exactly how this would look, but maybe it's interesting? Is this what you want to do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUR6ylVH7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sUR6ylVH7E

j45 2y ago

There is a high time cost to actual video editing and managing the details well, quite different than generating one template/perception of it, which is more where social media slop is at.

scudsworth 2y ago

burningion 2y ago
lol alright, appreciate the skepticism. What if instead of an algorithm designed to hold your attention captive to sell you shit, a feed of videos created to help you focus on what you aspire to learn / be / do? idk probably bullshit too, but why not?
- hackable_sand 2y ago
  You have no idea what you're doing do you Bfr
- jeffmcjunkin 2y ago
  We don't advance as a society unless people ask new questions. Having folk willing to spend some time answering those questions (in public, no less!) helps others. It's really, really damn hard to predict how advancements in one area can help another. All that said, thanks for your interesting new question, and thanks for spending time on it :D