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Do you know how many skilled, under-appreciated actors there are in the world? The economics of production create limited head room at the top. You'd be shocked how many talented actors, directors, and writers there are that go undiscovered and under-utilized.

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Screenwriters will be able to make entire movies using literally only their voice. I tell a story to a computer, it will "imagine" the entire thing.

And after that, the computer will make the stories and we will watch, at which point the Drake Equation takes over.

More or less bingo. It might be a few decades, but this is where we're headed. And I'd rank this as more certain and profitable than self-driving cars.

I don't think Disney will keep pace. This trend will cannibalize their IP and this level of tech competence isn't in their DNA.

"Hey Google, make me a 90 minute movie about X where Y also happens but put in some plot twists"

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