I Asked AI About AI: Practical Effects, eXistenZ, and the Equity Argument Nobody's Having

In this Studio Note, I sat down with AI and asked it to make the case against itself... then I pushed back.

This video started as a reflection on David Cronenberg's eXistenZ and practical effects as a radical shift in how worlds get built on screen. But it became something else: a conversation about who gets to use new tools, who gets blamed for using them, and why Hollywood can deploy AI quietly in post-production while independent creators get lectured about craft.

The pros and cons of AI in creative work are real on both sides. But the conversation is missing something ~ the people it could actually serve most. Disabled creators. Young filmmakers. Storytellers without institutional backing or industry access.

This isn't a defense of AI. It's an argument that dismissal without ethics guidance isn't protecting art. It's protecting the people already at the top.
The technology is here. The question is who directs it, who benefits, and if we're building something that opens doors, or just automates the same old gatekeeping.

Cronenberg | eXistenZ | Practical Effects | AI Ethics | Creative Equity | Independent Film

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Видео I Asked AI About AI: Practical Effects, eXistenZ, and the Equity Argument Nobody's Having канала Angela Brown