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If you want to see the result of totally AI production... Watch an old Tom Selleck movie called "Looker".  Surprisingly accurate for 1981 - where models and actors get scanned they their 3d likeness can go out and earn them money by being in multiple shoots at once.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/

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xxFelixDCatxx wrote:

So cool. God I can't wait for season 4. This is gonna be a hard one to be waiting for. Hopefully I'm still around for season 4.

I have tempered expectations about season 4.  Lets not forget, they lost their showrunner from seasons 1-3 and are having their budget cut.  Frankly, I have no idea what to expect from season 4.

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jim1961 wrote:
xxFelixDCatxx wrote:

So cool. God I can't wait for season 4. This is gonna be a hard one to be waiting for. Hopefully I'm still around for season 4.

I have tempered expectations about season 4.  Lets not forget, they lost their showrunner from seasons 1-3 and are having their budget cut.  Frankly, I have no idea what to expect from season 4.


They didn't lose him entirely he's still on the production team. He's just not in charge anymore which I agree is worrying but I'll temper my expectations. This season also had it's budget cut comparative to other seasons, and it was the best one, so again, not super duper worried yet. I agree this is concerning though.


SgtSaint wrote:

If you want to see the result of totally AI production... Watch an old Tom Selleck movie called "Looker".  Surprisingly accurate for 1981 - where models and actors get scanned they their 3d likeness can go out and earn them money by being in multiple shoots at once.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/


Cool! Thanks for letting me know. Definitely going to be interesting to see more and more of this. Like I said, I think one day you'll be able to plug in an Ebook select your actors and have a custom show for you to watch, which again, would be so cool.

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The only thing that worries me. Is the people put out of a job by A.I.

Go season 4.

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inkblot wrote:

The only thing that worries me. Is the people put out of a job by A.I.

Go season 4.


I actually see an initial large uptick in people being employed in the animation business due to the creation of more new studios. This will raise the floor of who can enter the animation field seriously and will give a huge rise to independent makers, who will be able to use these and other developing powerful tools to get into animation easier, faster, and better.

But yes, eventually AI and robots are going to functionally replace humanity at just about everything. It looks like we may see it in our lifetimes too whether we want to or not. It's not exactly something that can be resisted.

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xxFelixDCatxx wrote:

This season also had it's budget cut comparative to other seasons, and it was the best one, so again, not super duper worried yet. I agree this is concerning though.

Its been a very long time since I read the books, but I recall it was the later books I liked the best.  So it might be that best part of the Foundation story is yet to come.