AI filmmaking is replacing Hollywood faster than anyone expected. Seedance video AI just made $100M movies look optional. This week on They Might Be Self-Aware, we break down the moment AI filmmaking stopped being a novelty and started becoming an economic replacement. If AI can generate 95% of a blockbuster at 1% of the cost, what happens to actors, studios, and production crews? The spreadsheet wins.

We also dive into:

00:00 AI Agents & Productivity Limits – Claude Sonnet 4, burnout & “infinite Tim Cook”
09:47 Meta Digital Twin Afterlife – AI clones, digital twin death & Ship of Theseus
19:50 AI Open Source Scandal – AI hit piece after rejected pull request
24:48 AI Filmmaking Replacing Hollywood? – Seedance video AI vs blockbuster economics
37:21 The Future of AI Identity – Legal chaos, liability & what breaks next

AI isn’t just assisting anymore. It’s starting to act as you. Hollywood is just the first domino.

⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do.

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc
🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297
▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1

📢 Engage

If AI could make a blockbuster for $1M tomorrow… do you still want humans in your movies?

New here? Subscribe for twice-weekly AI chaos.

🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we?

#AI #AIFilmmaking #Seedance #ClaudeAI #DigitalTwin