Spoiler Alert : A Sci-Fi novel with NO Terminator robots, No aliens in saucers, No Matrix style Agent Smiths and no zombies sucking on human blood .
Based on current trends in AI and related tech I present a realistic prediction of where we would b...
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The four people were huddled around the table at Danny's Diner by the 3rd Avenue corner. Zevi walked in hurriedly, and apologised to the crowd for being late. "Sorry guys, got held up a bit at work. Hope you got my message"
"Well, Am I glad that at least one of us still has a job! People, please give a seat to our sponsor for the day, the Z-man" Dave announced his arrival to the small group. They exchange little handshakes and being the first time they are all meeting physically, exchange some intros.
The job situation was getting pretty worse, especially in the IT field. They had seen such waves of hiring and firing in the past, but this time it was different. They were permanently being replaced by AI and there didn't seem much scope to ever having that change. It wasn't uncommon to see former executives, running 7-11 stores or in Walmart counters. All the four had been laid off for more than 3 months now. Dave, who was Zevis former colleague at JBM was one. William was an assistant at one of Newyorks leading law firms, who used to assist in paralegal research. Sara was the sole woman in a hedge fund firm, and hence was a easy choice to let go when the firm decided to experiment with an AI trading desk. They all had all met in Zevi's FB group just a few weeks back.
"Let me tell you why I called up this meeting. I guess you saw the update I posted in the group page about Sora opening up their AI text to video tool, with unlimited duration. Right ? So I was just thinking why not make a full length feature film, completely using AI ?"
William was the first to interrupt "Dude, we done have enough to pay for the coffee today. I am jumping over turnstiles in the Metro, hoping the guards don't catch me while I rush to board my A train. And besides a few reels on TikTok, have nothing much to offer in terms of Creative Contribution to the field of movies.You want ME to make a MOVIE ?"
The others chuckled and seemed to share his thought.
"I know you guys have no background in media, and that's exactly the point. You don't NEED to. Let me show you."
He opened up his laptop, and typed a prompt in his app "Create a video with five people sitting around a coffee shop in midtown Manhattan. "
Within seconds there it was , a short clip of five people enjoying their coffee and apparently in some animated discussion.
"Now, make their faces resemble RobertDiNiro, Gandhi, Pope John Paul, Taylor Swift and Xi Ping and chatting in their signature voice"
Before they could say Öh My God", there it was, the most oddball crowd of people one may ever see in a Newyork coffee shop chatting in a cacophony of voices enjoying coffee. The internet had already been flooded with all kinds of fake videos, but this one seemed all too real and too impossible at same time.
"Wait, there is more". He typed in the chat prompt "Make them look like super heroes "
The clip changed, and you had RobertDiNiro in a batman suit, the Pope's cape became like Superman's, Taylor became Wonderwoman, Xi Ping resembeled Shang-Chi and then then saw Mahatma Gandhi flying in as IronMan. Add some music from Opera at the back. All synchronised to Pavarottis voice.
