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points by jarjoura 3 days ago | 0 comments
Just to be clear, this isn't generative AI in the same way something like Nano Banana or Seedance is. You don't prompt anything into existence. However, this is using all of the latest SOTA techniques that the slop generative models also depend on.

I think it is an amazing example of how labs should take all of their fundamental research and turn into products entirely designed, limited and scoped only to empower artists instead of obsessed with trying to bypass them.

[–] DrewADesign 3 days ago
> labs should take all of their fundamental research and turn into products entirely designed, limited and scoped only to empower artists instead of obsessed with trying to bypass them.

The software companies aren’t going to start doing this because the media companies aren’t interested in doing that. Tools like Nuke that already do this are expensive tools for people that the tech industry is trying to make obsolete. The media companies want to sell anything that will sell, and spend as little as possible in the process.

I’m pretty sure this will have to come from skilled and experienced artists doing amazing things with technology despite the tech industry sabotaging their careers, which in turn develops demand for actual art rather than bulk-created ‘content’. Sadly, I think we’re years away from that. I graduated in this field in 2024 and my career was dead before it started. Most people in this business with the hard-won skills to do this work that spent years developing their taste, storytelling sophistication, and craft are in the process of being systematically fucked over by the tech industry. Sad.

[–] jarjoura 3 days ago
> The software companies aren’t going to start doing this because the media companies aren’t interested in doing that.

I'm not super familiar with Nuke, but isn't ComfyUI the open-source version of that? If true, that's like saying Blender is making Maya obsolete, and maybe true, but Blender has its own community and so does Maya.

[–] dgently7 3 days ago
comfy and nuke are not even in the same ballpark. they arent really even solving the same problems. some overlap but like wildly different approaches. other than both being "node based"

comfy is getting more features all the time but i dont think id put it in the same category of "professional imaging software" that nuke holds the top spot in.

[–] DrewADesign 2 days ago
Not even close. It’s a homemade dune buggy vs a unimog. Nuke is a giant beast that doesn’t really do what comfy does, and comfy doesn’t do 99.9% of what Nuke does. It’s like 4k/seat for a reason.
[–] 10111001 3 days ago
> I think it is an amazing example of how labs should take all of their fundamental research and turn into products entirely designed, limited and scoped only to empower artists instead of obsessed with trying to bypass them.

Or be made to do so through legislation meant to preserve human control and enhance human capability. IMHO, "we" (as in humanity) should be building advanced tools that are limited and work in predictable ways, rather than "intelligences" to replace us. Too bad our decisions are made by oligarchs (existing or wannabe) with different priorities.

[–] DrewADesign 2 days ago
There could be a whole set of Yakov Smirnoff “in Soviet Russia” style one-liners about the tech industry. “In Silicon Valley, software monetizes you!”