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Re:Tom and Jerry One-Minute Video Generation with Test-Time ... by skyyler on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @09:57AM (#43621854)
>Really makes me wonder if any of this incredibly computationally expensive research is worth it

I'm wondering the same thing. 256 H100s were hot for two days straight to be able to make short clips of cartoons that almost don't look like shit?

It just isn't compelling to me.

Re:Tom and Jerry One-Minute Video Generation with Test-Time ... by altcognito on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @12:18PM (#43623464)
So, costs roughly 15k?
Re:Tom and Jerry One-Minute Video Generation with Test-Time ... by skyyler on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @02:44PM (#43625175)
$15k for some clips of tom and jerry that almost look passable. What a deal.
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Re:Tom and Jerry One-Minute Video Generation with Test-Time ... by skyyler on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @11:58AM (#43633569)
>Feels like hand wavy nod to a human soul

I have no idea what you're talking about. I've tried to understand where you're coming from with this and the only logical conclusion I can make is that you spend a lot of time engaging in debate about creativity and art as it relates to new AI technology, and you are simply re-igniting previous debates instead of engaging with me.

>It’s a really lame circular routine and lived experience being around my peers these days; oh I hate my job but this new thing is an abomination and affront to my chosen job.

It sounds like you're arguing with your peers, and not me, because I don't hate my job and I don't think AI is going to replace it any time soon.

>Are we that creative copy-pasting and git pull deps someone else maintains? IT is librarian work these days. Little in the day to day is novel creativity.

This isn't what I do at my day job, and if that's what you do... I think I have a good idea of why you interact with the internet like this.