Hollywood sold the dream of anyone making movies—until AI made it real
VraserX · x · 2026-10-14
The author points out an irony: Hollywood spent decades selling the fantasy that anyone could make movies, yet now that AI might actually deliver low-cost filmmaking for everyone, the industry argues production should remain an expensive privilege controlled by a handful of studios. Democratizing creativity apparently stops being exciting once the gates actually open.
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