A Flop at the Chinese Box Office Shows AI Still Has a Tough Road Ahead in Theaters — "Sanxingdui: Future Past," a fully AI-generated film, made just $181K in its opening weekend on a $1.5M budget (www.indiewire.com)

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[-] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

I'm more worried that it will become passable enough to make a profit at the box office, even if less people see it than if it wasn't AI. And movie quality will plummet.

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