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I've noticed a tendency among people who have built careers known for visionary, forward-thinking work that they hesitate to make the natural move into more "co

I've noticed a tendency among people who have built careers known for visionary, forward-thinking work that they hesitate to make the natural move into more "conservative" positions/approaches as they age. This leads to missteps, because as one ages, one inevitably becomes further removed from the zeitgeist. On paper, embracing AI might seem like a great idea if you don't want to become an old fogey, but not all changes are positive and I doubt this decision will age well

msabalau 4mo ago
Given that, according to the article, he's just using it for storyboarding, in attempt to better communicate a vision to a range of human contributors, it's really unclear how this decision will "age badly." either this is a stronger way to create storyboards or it isn't. Presumably he has the experience to evaluate if this is likely to actually help or not. Or at least if it is worth exploring. It is rather unclear why you believe he is likely wrong, aside from conjuring up rather ageist speculations about his motives.
nonethewiser 4mo ago
>On paper, embracing AI might seem like a great idea if you don't want to become an old fogey, but not all changes are positive and I doubt this decision will age well I imagine the whole industry is going to use more and more AI. There may be some hiccups on the forefront but I definitely dont think it will be some direction that gets abandoned.
CuriouslyC 4mo ago
AI is just the next step in VFX. Game studios are leaning into it heavily for asset generation as well. These assets are still hand touched for style and composed by humans, but a lot of this work was previously done by outsourced workers/art grunts/asset packs so it's not really a quality loss.
kgwxd 4mo ago
Money is also a huge factor in becoming removed from the zeitgeist.
steego 4mo ago
> I doubt this decision will age well Honestly, I don’t think Marty’s “decision” to use generative AI to storyboard will even become a thing that ages. But let’s say it doesn’t “age well”. What would that mean? Would it mean we’ve turned into a society that looks down on people on using AI tools at ANY stage in a creative process? Is that where you think we’re going?
pj_mukh 4mo ago
I am also curious whether a knee-jerk reaction to seeing the word A.I and assuming the worst will age well. It's not just you, this is media writ large now. Martin Scorsese is using AI to build better pre-viz tools not create scenes and write scripts, but that detail is completely lost on the literati. The reactions roll in.
- potsandpans 4mo ago
  It's going to be conveniently forgotten, like the people that were screaming at people for not wearing masks outside months (years!) after we understood covid. As a conflict averse society, we excuse people that indulge in these kinds of behaviors once they reach a critical mass. It's kind of like a conversion disorder. Covid is a good analogy here. We went seemingly overnight to righteous indignation to cold and flu commercials advertising their products so you can go to work sick. It's cool right now to dislike ai, and there are plenty of charlatans that are ready to harness that for whatever new outrage. We live in such an information dense world that people will form very strong beliefs about things overnight, castigate those that don't agree with them, and then shed them just as fast when no longer conveniently held.
  - pj_mukh 4mo ago
    Well said
karmakurtisaani 4mo ago
I think talented people will make great use of AI. They don't just prompt "make me a movie about stereotypical Italian Americans, and make it good". They observe the end result, tweak and do the manual work when needed. It's just another tool in the toolbox. Same as with coding.

msabalau 4mo ago

Given that, according to the article, he's just using it for storyboarding, in attempt to better communicate a vision to a range of human contributors, it's really unclear how this decision will "age badly." either this is a stronger way to create storyboards or it isn't. Presumably he has the experience to evaluate if this is likely to actually help or not. Or at least if it is worth exploring. It is rather unclear why you believe he is likely wrong, aside from conjuring up rather ageist speculations about his motives.

nonethewiser 4mo ago

>On paper, embracing AI might seem like a great idea if you don't want to become an old fogey, but not all changes are positive and I doubt this decision will age well I imagine the whole industry is going to use more and more AI. There may be some hiccups on the forefront but I definitely dont think it will be some direction that gets abandoned.

CuriouslyC 4mo ago

AI is just the next step in VFX. Game studios are leaning into it heavily for asset generation as well. These assets are still hand touched for style and composed by humans, but a lot of this work was previously done by outsourced workers/art grunts/asset packs so it's not really a quality loss.

kgwxd 4mo ago

Money is also a huge factor in becoming removed from the zeitgeist.

steego 4mo ago

> I doubt this decision will age well Honestly, I don’t think Marty’s “decision” to use generative AI to storyboard will even become a thing that ages. But let’s say it doesn’t “age well”. What would that mean? Would it mean we’ve turned into a society that looks down on people on using AI tools at ANY stage in a creative process? Is that where you think we’re going?

pj_mukh 4mo ago

I am also curious whether a knee-jerk reaction to seeing the word A.I and assuming the worst will age well. It's not just you, this is media writ large now. Martin Scorsese is using AI to build better pre-viz tools not create scenes and write scripts, but that detail is completely lost on the literati. The reactions roll in.

potsandpans 4mo ago
It's going to be conveniently forgotten, like the people that were screaming at people for not wearing masks outside months (years!) after we understood covid. As a conflict averse society, we excuse people that indulge in these kinds of behaviors once they reach a critical mass. It's kind of like a conversion disorder. Covid is a good analogy here. We went seemingly overnight to righteous indignation to cold and flu commercials advertising their products so you can go to work sick. It's cool right now to dislike ai, and there are plenty of charlatans that are ready to harness that for whatever new outrage. We live in such an information dense world that people will form very strong beliefs about things overnight, castigate those that don't agree with them, and then shed them just as fast when no longer conveniently held.
- pj_mukh 4mo ago
  Well said

karmakurtisaani 4mo ago

I think talented people will make great use of AI. They don't just prompt "make me a movie about stereotypical Italian Americans, and make it good". They observe the end result, tweak and do the manual work when needed. It's just another tool in the toolbox. Same as with coding.