Culture Industries Are Moving to SF: AI Slop and Short Video Are Commoditizing Film and Music
juliey4 · x · 2026-10-09
Investor Julie Y. argues the culture industries — or what's left after AI slop — will increasingly be SF-based, not LA-based:
- The traditional LA model is failing because few storytelling efforts can compete with algorithmic short-form video on tiny screens.
- Movies, shows, and music are commoditized; IP-based investments only compound if audiences remember plot and characters, but viewers now binge while scrolling and forget basic details weeks later.
- She responds to a broader question about tech lore becoming mainstream culture fodder — OpenAI movies, Musk docs, the Hugging Face cyberattack documentary — and how it shapes public perception of tech.
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