If Covid 19 has shown us anything, it is how absolutely fucking mindblowingly dumb some people are. Like, I was gonna give humanity the benefit of the doubt, but holy fuck there are some absolute spanners in our cogs.
Right now there are protesters fighting police in Melbourne.
Over lockdowns.
Two days before they are set to ease.
I will never, ever make the mistake again of assuming a person has enough intelligence not to require a "Caution: contents may be hot" label on a cup of coffee.
Me watching students taking months to develop absolutely amazing portfolio character pieces, knowing that my folio is just stuff that took times clients are willing to pay for.
"Wow, this kid is really good"
"Yeah, you should see what I can manage when you actually give me six weeks to do something."
That's cool kid, but what can you do in three days with a producer breathing down your neck on substandard machines and a ten year old license of Maya because your department is under funded?
If you project ahead AI based effects such as Deepfake, you will at some stage be able to have your computer recast films, not just face but voice and mannerisms.
I, for one, will be watching Jeff Goldblum as everyone in The Sound Of Music.