EPISODE · Oct 9, 2025 · 38 MIN
Hollywood's Billion Dollar AI Movie Mistake.
from They Might Be Self-Aware · host Daniel Bishop, Hunter Powers
Hollywood’s Billion-Dollar AI Movie Mistake (Lionsgate): 0 Films. All Fallout.AI movies were supposed to print money. Instead, Lionsgate’s Runway bet shipped nothing and walked into a copyright minefield. You’ll understand why AI “movies” flopped, where AI filmmaking still wins, and the one blocker Hollywood can’t ignore.What we cover:The inside story of Lionsgate’s AI meltdown and zero-film deal.How Google Veo 3 is quietly powering AI video creators.The “Wizard of Oz” Sphere Vegas experiment and what it proves about AI cinema.Why James Cameron’s AI take split filmmakers.And the real future of AI tools for creators (and humans who still make things).⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 AI Movies vs Reality – Lionsgate’s billion-dollar gamble and 0-film result03:55 Google Veo 3 & Sphere Vegas – Out-painting Oz and the tech actually working07:10 The Lionsgate Fail – Copyright chaos and Hollywood’s AI hangover13:05 Is AI Creative? – Cameron’s quote vs Hunter & Daniel’s take17:40 The Future of AI Filmmaking – Tools > “AI Movies,” and why humans still matter⚡ 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 Are AI films a tool or a theft of creativity? Drop your comment below.#AIMovies #AIFilmmaking #Lionsgate
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Lionsgate’s billion-dollar AI movie experiment with Runway ML collapsed before a single film was made, exposing Hollywood’s overhyped faith in generative filmmaking and the legal minefield around AI-trained content. Meanwhile, Hunter and Daniel explore how tools like Google Veo 3 and projects such as the Wizard of Oz at Sphere Vegas reveal that AI works best as a creative amplifier, not a studio replacement.
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