Ben Affleck dives into transformers and diffusion, inspiring 'we're all too lazy' reflection
carrycooldude · x · 2026-10-10
A viral post reflects on Ben Affleck's AI video: the actor-director is a genuine polymath, going from directing to VFX to CNNs, and even digging into how transformers and diffusion work via Google and OpenAI resources. The author calls it humbling — 'in this age of AI, we're all just lazy' — and vows to get back to a more rigorous work style.
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