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The Problem With Letting Machines Make Creative Choices #FilmCritique #HumanTouch #Filmmaking

The Problem With Letting Machines Make Creative Choices #FilmCritique #HumanTouch #Filmmaking

We learn in a zig-zag way. We create in ways that people cannot fully predict.

Machines learn patterns and then lean on them. That is useful, but it gets boring fast.

Audiences start to feel the repetition, the easy motifs, the safe choices. Think of how people react when Hollywood serves the same plot for the fifth time. Snoozefest.

In this short:
- Why human unpredictability feels alive on screen
- How pattern chasing turns into cookie-cutter outputs
- The case for showing process and choices that could only come from a person

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Paul Melluzzo is a creative director and technologist, and the founder of Omnislash Visual. His work brings together visual storytelling, design, and software development - from films and animation to apps and creative tools.

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driventocreatepodcast@gmail.com

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