Welp guess who got told today their job is being made redundant because AI

The thing is, the people who want AI art want their own AI art and not others. They want the allure of being an ‘artist’, but if it came to paying money to see somebody else’s they wouldn’t waste their money. They better learn this quick.

In the latest episode of THE DECADE PROJECT at @ohmpods.bsky.social Patreon, author/screenwriter @leezachariah.bsky.social and I discuss movies as living memories in #YOUTH and the work of Paolo Sorrentino www.patreon.com/posts/135991...

Had the pleasure of briefly meeting David Stratton a couple times. He was kind and charming. RIP. (image from his hilarious appearance on The Bazura Project)

Cool cool cool

Well, this explains the $16m they paid to settle that Trump lawsuit.

An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below). If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.

Australian ISPs: “Due to federal law, we are required to keep a record of every single website you have ever visited, forever.” Me: “Great, do you have that fish batter recipe I found three months ago?” Australian ISPs: “Except that one.”

This is for, like, five of you.

Interaction with "lifelike" AI is the last step. We are fully severed from community. All communication is virtual, be it AI or real, it doesn't matter. It's all the same. And nothing exists outside of our own minds. This is what a society of the self looks like. And it is an evolutionary dead end.

The slow drift into disembodied communication over the past century has brought with it an increasing defecit of empathy. Our inner worlds become so expansive, so solipsistic, that we simply don't (or can't) care when heinous things happen in the world around us.

Grok is a full blown nazi now.

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

“The Social Network… part two.”

I didn’t specifically intend for this account to become a 100% anti-AI screed, but here we are. I know it’s pushing against the tide, but that’s also kind of appropriate given it makes me want to walk into the ocean.

This article is going to turn me into the Joker. Literary style is not a puzzle you solve to get a little information treat 😩😩😩

It’s so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you’re actively dying and don’t go below 79 🥺🤘🏻💗” while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits

No one is making you be a writer if you can’t do it and also don’t enjoy doing it. If you’re larping a job for clout I’d probably pick surgeon or Nobel prize winning diplomat, stealing valor for from isolated weirdos at their laptops is like shoplifting from the landfill.

Natasha Lyonne: hey guys so david lynch couldn't be here tonight so he wanted me to tell you all that he thinks AI generated art is the future King: Barker: Poe: Koontz: Lovecraft: King: really? david lynch said that? Poe: steve

For those of you who might use ChatGPT or any kind of GenAI for your writing, give this a read and maybe reconsider

You don’t have to keep selling me, I’m already on board.

The argument "I have to violate the law or my business wouldn't be profitable" should be laughed out of court, every time.

A year today since my dear sweet friend Lee Gambin died, far too young. He was one of Australia's most prolific film critics, but much more than that to those of us who knew him well. If you missed my obit in Fangoria last year I'd be honoured if you read it now to get a feel for what we lost 💜

The best type of joke is the one that only makes sense within a 24 timeframe. #RIPGeorgeWendt

I know this looks bad, but on the plus side I don’t have to write emails any more.

Bloody hell, how bad was this meeting?

When I was trying to put my senate ballot in the overstuffed box, an election official said “Just stick it in as best you can” and I said “words I live by” and he didn’t even smirk, so I will be filing a complaint with the AEC. #auspol

“D. Vader” is just taking the piss at this point.

The Australian reboot of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy leaves a lot to be desired.

I dunno, man, the "you guys are being too mean to the plagiarism machines that stole all your work and were created to try to replace you so rich people don't pay you a tiny fraction of their wealth for it" posters popping up are pretty funny

Rough week for the cast of Willow.

While there is a lot to say about this image, the thing that stands out to me the most - what IMO makes genAI a specifically right wing phenomenon - is the craving for approval. It is not enough to be able to generate robot lingerie warrior lady. They NEED to also be praised for doing it.

I really enjoyed the 1960 Italian movie Everybody Go Home!, despite (because of?) these perfectly mistranslated subtitles.

I stitched together a new version of the Gravedigger scene, featuring Rory Kinnear as Hamlet & Roy Kinnear as the Gravedigger. The reason is likely self-evident, but if you'd like to see me spend 1,300 words on it: www.leezachariah.com/2025/04/08/k... (if not, just scroll to the end for the video)

Check out my new AI video: what if Wes Anderson directed The Phoenician Scheme?

Me whenever someone tries to take my Hogan.

In May 2024, my wife & I found pieces of broken glass in a bag of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets we were preparing for our toddler. No one is hurt. Despite months of emails to the companies involved, I still don’t know how the glass got there. I’ve made a video about it: youtu.be/lEgPZ40GftQ?...

The Ringo one should preceded by a one-reeler starring Tom Holland as Pete Best.

Great write up here on the Australian author experience of this recent AI/Meta shitshow. Thanks to @joshtaylor.bsky.social for chatting me about having 8 books - a lifetime of work - stolen!

Being a Sneakers fan once felt like being part of a secret society. I talk about falling for the film in the pre-internet days and assuming nobody else had ever heard of it. Loved being part of this series.

AI doesn’t terrify me. The humans who are enthusiastically using it because they don’t comprehend where it will lead us terrifies me. Jeremy summed it up better than most.

I’m two months late and someone probably did this already, but nevertheless…

Something kinda nuts happened in Oakland when I was recording. I spent months debating whether to send it to Blake, and… well, you’ll hear.

Trump added "and give him back the power to read women's minds, too!" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...

Live captioning is probably very hard and I surely wouldn’t be able to do it without making heaps of mistakes… nevertheless:

Consistently my favourite show on Australian TV. “On” in the sense of “about”, cos no network has yet been unstupid enough to sign him up.