Larry J. Cohen

Larry J. Cohen

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Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

No matter how perfectly rendered the slop becomes, people still don’t care.

Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social

China’s first AI-generated theatrical feature has flopped, earning just $181,000 in its first weekend. By contrast, the scrappy ‘Niu Lai’ turned its crude animation into a viral attraction, grossing nearly $10 million a couple of months ago. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...

cartoonbrew.comChina’s First AI Feature Flops At The Chinese Box OfficeBona Film Group’s AI experiment struggled to attract attention, months after the humble 'Niu Lai’ turned online ridicule into almost $10 million in sales.
Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

Entertainment data can be fun.

The Pudding@pudding.cool

New project! Contributor @owenlacey.dev asks whether Kevin Bacon is the most-connected actor in Hollywood, per the popular game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. 🔗: pudding.cool/2026/10/kevi...

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CineCalendar
@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Oct 26th 1985 - Marty arrived in the alternate 1985, where Biff is a millionaire and married to Lorraine. 📽️📅 Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

Watching this was like walking into a Yankee Candle.

The A.V. Club@avclub.com

Elon Musk's Grok Imagine released the first episode of his AI-generated adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey, which is supposed to be "historically accurate." tinyurl.com/4vzkjf78

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Jason Koebler
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

404media.coCharacter.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't WorkCharacter.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.

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g0m
@g0m.bsky.social

A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone

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CineCalendar
@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Sep 18th 1999 - After defeating Agent Smith with his new found abilities, Neo makes a telephone call promising the machines he will show the human prisoners "a world where anything is possible". 📽️📅 The Matrix (1999)

Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

Just thinking about how Instagram, YouTube and TikTok can take all the photos and videos you upload and use them as A.I. training data without asking. You know, perfectly normal thoughts for anyone to have before bed.

Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

My only gripe with Coyote vs. ACME (which is great and everyone under the sun should see) is Warner Bros' insistence that Road Runner says ‘Beep, beep’ when it’s so clearly ‘Meep, meep’.

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Writers Guild of America East
@wgaeast.bsky.social

"Those of us in the industry have heard these promises before: A larger company will invest more, create more and strengthen the industry. It does not bear out. Consolidation has not made the jobs better in this industry, it has made them worse." - WGAE’s Tom Fontana and WGAW’s Michele Mulroney

latimes.comContributor: Why writers are fighting Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros.When a major studio buys its competitor, it leads to lower compensation for industry workers and reduced choices and diversity for audiences.
Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

This article confirms what I’ve long suspected: Hell is some permutation of a 24/7 A.I. Slop Channel.

Nitish Pahwa@nitishpahwa.com

Fairground, the distributor behind Roku's new A.I. FAST channel, claims it is empowering human creators by platforming their auto-generated, "high-quality" works. but I spent a week watching these streams, and ... let's say I have questions about their curatorial approach: slate.com/technology/2...

slate.comI Gazed Into the Abyss of Roku’s New Slop Channel and Regret EverythingThis idea should have stayed a chatbot prompt.
Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

A very generous but effective metaphor for GenAI.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

Over on Whatever today, I'm talking about "AI" and creativity and how, when it comes to learning creative skills, Generative "AI" is rather like the old "Guitar Hero" game, i.e., a really fun way not to actually learn how to do a creative thing: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/08/06/g...

whatever.scalzi.comGenerative “AI”: The Guitar Hero of CreativitySo, you’re a person who has decided to embark on a creative journey of self-expression — to make art, in other words. First off, this is awesome! The universe needs more people making a…
Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

Solid 8 out of 10 on the FFS scale. Clippy would never have let this happen.

PBS News@pbsnews.org

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

I wish I had this level of confidence.

ebay.comMASSIVE Lot of Vintage Movie Ticket Stubs 1990s-2020s Action Kids Comedy Horror | eBayMASSIVE Lot of Vintage Movie Ticket Stubs 1990s-2020s Action Kids Comedy Horror. 376 total stubs! Included are stubs from franchises like Star Wars, James Bond, Saw, Matrix, Harry Potter, Toy Story, Marvel, Batman, Jackass Lord of the Rings, Mission Impossible, and many many more! Many are from opening weekends, and a few are from opening night, including the midnight premiere of Watchmen. Some were not ripped. Original owner. Most are from Carmike Cinemas, others from AMC and Dipson. CONDITIONS VARY FROM POOR TO EXCELLENT.
Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

Check your inbox, WGA members.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

The Writers Guild of America has now filed a lawsuit to block the Paramount & Warner Bros merger. “With fewer competitors, a merged Paramount/WB entity would have both the incentive & ability to lower costs by suppressing writers’ wages & reducing output.”

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James Poniewozik
@poniewozik.bsky.social

Someone should write a story about a curséd device, lusted after as a transformative source of power, that renders its users unnaturally youthful long beyond their time

IGN@ign.com

Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen will return as Frodo and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum — more than 25 years on from when Fellowship of the Ring released, and now director Andy Serkis has said some level of digital de-aging will be used. https://bit.ly/4fxOKI3

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Data & Society
@datasociety.bsky.social

Meta’s reversal comes in response to overwhelming (and predictable!) public backlash, "as AI companies’ continued experimentation with new features tests their users’ boundaries with how their likenesses are scraped by models." variety.com/2026/biz/new...

variety.comMeta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of BacklashMeta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts.
Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

I can also confirm a man wanted a refund after realizing the headlines weren’t real, but was surely told by the cashier, “Sorry, store policy. Newspapers can’t be returned.”

Larry J. Cohen
@larryjcohen.com

Notice how none of their claims ever come true. www.thewrap.com/ai-actress-t...

thewrap.comAI 'Actress' Tilly Norwood Will Be Signed by an Agency 'In the Coming Months,' Her Creator ClaimsA computer-generated actress named Tilly Norwood will be signed by an agency "in the coming months," a claim made at the Zurich Summit by her creator, little-known actress, comedian and digital produc...
NBC News@nbcnews.com

The comedy-drama will star AI "actor" Tilly Norwood in a “hybrid production with traditional film and TV professionals — such as directors, writers and editors — working alongside AI specialists, with AI training and mentorship built into the production itself,” the company says.

nbcnews.toTilly Norwood, AI ‘actor’ denounced by actors union, to star in feature filmTilly Norwood creator Particle6 Productions said the movie will be a comedy-drama called “Misaligned.”