The best hope for creatives would be class actions targeting all these companies for using their work without compensation. Don’t focus on the creative output, focus on the training data sets. I already think those are starting now. Even if they don’t win, those are the kinds of regulations that places like the EU…

One tactic I could totally see a studio pulling is taking a submitted screenplay and secretly using it as a prompt for an AI script. The output would be a convincing enough retread that studio legal teams could avoid penalty. They could deal with any jankiness in the output by paying someone for rewrites, a much…

I think this episode is a great demonstration of how the utopian Federation really is fundamentally different than our world. We saw plenty of evidence that ambition, competition, and misplaced anger still exist in people, just like with us. Despite that, Pike trusted the training and character of a mere Ensign and…

I think the over-emphasis on investors is why markets don’t follow any sort of logic these days. Why focus on fundamentals when cost cutting, a few million bucks in targeted presentations, and capturing the whims of a handful of gullible trust-fund babies will have a greater effect on your short-term stock price?…

I’m interested in this movie only because I’m holding out for a twist that the AI isn’t malevolent and that the LA nuke was either a false flag or determined as necessary by the AI to stave off something worse. It would be really interesting if the AI is fighting on BEHALF of humanity and that human soldiers are just…

This picture isn’t a selfie. It’s a bunch of people standing up in the middle of a show, blocking an aisle (even if a lounge setup, I’m pretty sure people have seats) with a bright enough flash to illuminate them when backlit by the stage. It also looks like the kind of situation where people take multiple pictures in…

We have an annual car tax in Virginia so judging by the tags, DC borders Virginia, Maryland, Vermont, and Florida.

Counterpoint: we’ve polarized and lost empathy to the point that large portions of America reflexively side with corporate interests. Not because they trust them or have better experiences but because they have the shortsighted attitude of, “Tough shit, my work treats me like garbage too. Stop whining and get a real…

The most frustrating thing about this series is they haven’t used Skrulls as anything more interesting than people who do the same kind of infiltration we’ve seen Black Widow do before. The entire setup is totally glossed over because it makes even less sense than most movies, especially for a “grounded” spy thriller.

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I would like to point out you’re reading entertainment news on a for-profit website that is trying to report on an absolute nothing-burger statement by an incredibly popular actor. If they don’t editorialize there is literally nothing there but a single quote.

Given that they want more clicks, what better way to…

That’s what makes this the worst timeline. We’re rooting for Zuckerberg because the alternative is the more embarrassing of TWO rocket-ship-owning real-life Bond villains. Bill Gates is the world’s most respected philanthropist. We think Warren Buffett is the lesser evil because he just runs his business like a 20th…

The internet is just an enhanced humanity delivery system. One giant neural network of our uncensored thoughts and emotions. It’s all the grossness of knowing people completely without the filter of self-denial.

Getting rid of the internet to solve the problem is like avoiding an oncoming train by closing your eyes.

This is why I don’t understand anyone who can accept anything any company shill says without question. Companies, their spokespeople, and their CEOs routinely tell obvious lies and evasions when evaluated with even the smallest amount of common sense. Yet people still act like anyone who got rich that way makes them…

I think she’d be the perfect person to explain how ambition works and is channeled in a useful way in Starfleet. Lean more into the ideas they spelled out in this episode: piloting is part of the core of who Ortega is but that conflicts with the desire to do and be more than just a pilot (like going on away missions).

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I don’t know, I would giggle if Disney just started introducing all Star Wars as, “Produced Now and Always by Kathleen Kennedy, Star Wars...”.

Maybe movie audiences are just going the same way TV audiences have already gone.

Blockbuster movies are ultimately an expression of a monoculture that everyone shares. That used to be the case for network television in the US. With the rise of cable and then streaming, there is no longer a season finale of “Dallas” or…

The flaw in your argument is you’re trying to limit the definition of a human artist based on the limitations of the AI (and for the purposes of this argument, I’m defining AI as the type of neural network learning discussed in this article). In your examples, you’re limiting humans to only creating art based on…

They’re similar because they’re caused by the same thing: pressure from above.

No one intentionally creates an unsafe filming environment. It happens when people don’t want to deal with the inconvenience, time, and expense of doing things right so they cut corners. That can include inadequate planning, under-budgeting,…

You make a lot of good points but I do take issue with this:

Michael Keaton is great but even with the legal issues aside, Ezra Miller just isn’t a good draw to the average movie-goer. Fantastic Beasts is just a slog of a franchise and Miller is less an interesting character and more a bland plot device.

Given the reviews are pretty solid, maybe it isn’t superhero fatigue? Maybe…