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Re:Show HN: AutoShorts – Local, GPU-accelerated AI video pip... by wasmainiac on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:36AM (#46755554)
This does not seem local first. Misleading.

Regardless, we need more tools like this to speed social media towards death.

Re:Show HN: AutoShorts – Local, GPU-accelerated AI video pip... by techjamie on Sunday January 25, 2026 @12:16PM (#46755909)
I watched a video[1] recently that posited the idea of AI slop farms making large, auto-moderated spaces impossible to find meaningful human content in. With the idea that it'll lead to a renaissance for smaller, more personal websites like forums or other niche places to flourish.

I think that sounds a little too convenient and idealistic to be what really happens, but I did find the concept to be a potential positive to what's happening around it. Facebook is already a good portion of the way there, being stuffed with bots consuming stolen or AI content from other bots, with confused elderly people in the middle.

[1] https://youtu.be/_QlsGkDvVHU

Re:Show HN: AutoShorts – Local, GPU-accelerated AI video pip... by divyaprakash on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:43AM (#46755613)
If social is heading that way, at least my tool saves you the manual labor of editing the funeral.
Re:Show HN: AutoShorts – Local, GPU-accelerated AI video pip... by wasmainiac on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:52AM (#46755691)
Huh?
Re:Show HN: AutoShorts – Local, GPU-accelerated AI video pip... by divyaprakash on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:55AM (#46755710)
I was just joking about your comment on social media's 'death