ive always been very anti AI and i feel like a complete idiot for that now. i had no idea it saved corporations money
"Merry the Christmas Witch" director Tom Walsh says his movie adaptation of the 2012 children’s book would've cost $80 million if he did not use AI. The final budget was $1.5 million.
“We were kind of stuck. The doors are not very open to new kind[s] of ideas and new kind[s] of stories and everything, and that makes it a little tough for independent filmmakers, so that’s where AI came in.”
variety.com/2026/film/news/m…
maybe once a yr while i am going abt my day i will remember the first fall of lockdown after my roommates had all left and i was alone, sitting on the floor of the empty apt in the one sunny spot and putting this album on for the first time.
