The Owner's Guide to the Future

How to Forecast the Impact of AI on Cinematic Storytelling

Plus a rant about lazy thinking habits

Feb 25 • Robert Tercek

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Motion Picture Companies Are About To Repeat A Strategic Blunder

Big Media's failure to embrace generative AI will lead to predictable disaster

Feb 20 • Robert Tercek

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January 2026

Ben Affleck is right and wrong about AI in cinema

Mostly, he's wrong. Here's why.

Jan 23 • Robert Tercek

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Rebooting for 2026

Back to the future after a hiatus.

Jan 19 • Robert Tercek

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December 2023

Aftershocks hit Microsoft, Google and OpenAI

Antitrust inquiries, EU regulation, Gemini launch spoiled, and Ilya in limbo

Dec 9, 2023 • Robert Tercek

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Gemini did not move the needle. Not yet, at least.

But the AI Arms Race sure got a lot more intense today

Dec 7, 2023 • Robert Tercek

AI is a litmus test for tech optimism

An easy way to determine how you really feel about the future.

Dec 5, 2023 • Robert Tercek

AI Has Achieved Escape Velocity

No governance mechanism can contain it nor stop the progress towards AGI

Dec 1, 2023 • Robert Tercek

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November 2023

AI wins Round One of copyright lawsuits.

Judge Orrick throws out most of the class action lawsuit against Stability.ai, Deviant Art and Midjourney. But the plaintiffs will be back with an…

Nov 3, 2023 • Robert Tercek

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September 2023

Late September long reads

Debunking claims about job displacement, towards Act Two for GenAI, and my fabulous adventures with Midjourney.

Sep 24, 2023 • Robert Tercek

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Weekend Reading List

Longreads that I have enjoyed this month

Sep 9, 2023 • Robert Tercek

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Generative AI is the new camera

We can initiate AI with text prompts or by clicking a camera shutter. Why is the output of only one of them eligible for copyright?

Sep 6, 2023 • Robert Tercek

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