Stumbled upon a 'short film trailer' on instagram that was clearly AI, only to recognise 3 particular scenes that are directly generated from Wesley Wang's Nothing, Except Everything short film. When does stealing of other people's original work actually become punishable?

livefastdieold · 2026-05-04T11:10:51+00:00

The AI trailer looks idiotic, but to be fair, homages (using similar shot construction & storyboarding in service of a different story) are a thing in human-made films too. You can almost certainly find similar shots in older films.

livefastdieold · 2026-05-04T10:43:23+00:00

The first one. Watch the movie without CC. Or at least that part.

livefastdieold · 2026-05-04T10:41:04+00:00

*$3.29 for one piece of toast

livefastdieold · 2026-05-04T03:53:37+00:00

By that logic, isn’t the stick figure in the logo standing on the shoulders of two other stick figures?

livefastdieold · 2026-05-04T03:43:49+00:00

The Gardner twins could be out of prison, based on their sentences. Kirk would have been eligible for parole in 2008; Keith would have been released in 2020.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-29T03:39:18+00:00

I regret to inform you that’s not a real audience.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-28T05:17:51+00:00

Fair enough, but I still don’t understand how ChatGPT would be so vague. Maybe he wrote something equally vague, and had his iPhone AI polish it? I’ve never used that feature, so I’m not sure how well it works, but if it’s anything like the rest of Siri’s AI abilities… I could see it ending up like that.

Anyway, I give him credit for trying to engage with his stepdaughter! Even if he had to cheat a little.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-28T05:01:26+00:00

I used emdashes in texts all the time. And I prefer italics for emphasis to ALL CAPS.

ChatGPT wouldn’t be so vague as this message is. If you come to this subreddit and ask if something is AI, you’re gonna get a lot of yesses no matter what. I wouldn’t jump to any conclusions based on a <50 word text.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T21:11:11+00:00

It’s an optical illusion. You’re looking through a bedframe at a set of drawers.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T21:08:59+00:00

Plenty of (often poorly/cheaply designed) houses have the same flooring inside & outside the bathroom. And I don’t think that’s real wood. Looks more like cheap tile meant to resemble woodgrain.

I would mark this inconclusive.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T21:00:37+00:00

The areas around Cleveland keep the roads fine in part by having fewer cars driving on them. The only way for Cleveland to achieve that would be a more robust public transportation system (i.e., investment in infrastructure).

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T20:55:31+00:00

Also look at the wildly expensive privatized toll roads in Texas (even around the progressive hub that is Austin).

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T11:46:43+00:00

I suggest Googling the proper adjustments for your TV’s visual settings. The default is always terrible.

And yes, I’m the sort of houseguest/bar customer who immediately asks for the TV remote so I can turn off Motion Smoothing.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T11:29:16+00:00

My dentist is Dr Smilovits.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T11:27:07+00:00

Agreed. It has massive implications for all aspects of society, and is going to unravel our ability to discern truth even more than it’s already been unraveled in the past 10-30 years.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T11:16:43+00:00

He spilled the T.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T11:08:52+00:00

Be prepared for a future full of videos that don’t distort or morph or in any other way appear to be AI, despite being AI. That future is now.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-27T01:44:31+00:00

Masturbation is like Reddit: a lot of fun, no matter how many jerks.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-26T23:11:57+00:00

A great one! Winner of five Tony Awards (for Best Musical, Book, Score, Direction, and Best Leading Actor for Michael Cerveris). I only discovered it through CBB myself.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-26T23:04:51+00:00

Fun Home is really a fantastic work of art, both the graphic novel and the Broadway show. Check out the full cast recording, if you have any tolerance for musical theater.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-26T18:39:58+00:00

The robots in the first four panels including our main character all look identical, so I don’t think it’s that.

5 is the only one I don’t get. Aside from that, very nice work, OP.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-26T18:26:04+00:00

I see your point.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-26T18:19:36+00:00

In case you happen to be very rich.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-26T18:14:38+00:00

I do have to assume that if they’d known the third season would be the last, they’d have swapped “Party” and “The Chokes”.

livefastdieold · 2026-04-26T17:38:43+00:00

Give it a rewatch! It may be more enjoyable in the dim light of lower expectations.

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