Caleb John

NEW: The AI Filmmaker Outrunning Hollywood You may not know his name, but you’ve seen his work. LEGO helicopters rescuing an American fighter pilot in Iran; Marco Rubio adding frontier AI company CEO to his list of jobs; the ghost of Shinzo Abe saving Trump from ass*ssination... Meet filmmaker Charlie Curran (@charliebcurran) — the man who is singlehandedly outrunning Hollywood, entertaining millions with his AI-generated content and even building his own studio, all while the rest of the film industry panics over the technology. Unlike the “slop artists” Hollywood envisions taking their jobs, Charlie is devoted to the craft. He’s made movies for 20 years. Now, AI is just helping him scale his taste. “[AI] is how you get an artistic revolution,” he says. “Young voices making new kinds of stories that weren’t financially viable in the studio system.” Full profile from @eventidia 👇

Been drinking pretty much only Diet Coke to save water for Claude

say it with me now. experts are fake, smart generalists rule the world, everything is designed by people no smarter than you, and courage is in shorter supply than genius

If you want to be a S&P 500 CEO, the best college to go to is "no college"

Chrysler 300 look just like a phantom, till a phantom pulls up

Anytime you're afraid to try some new shit...just remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.

Someone on the flight from LA to SF watching home alone in April. These are unwell folks.

@__Talley__ Look at theofficial.ai ! They do this for professional currently!

Million Dollar Idea: A platform that lets social media personalities (Mr Beast, Speed, etc) license out their name, image, & likeness for mass produced AI UGC campaigns. Basically what ElevenLabs did with iconic voices - but for UGC videos. Am I crazy or would this work?

I was driving home from the store today and imagining life remapped to a single day. Both my parents are gone now and I've been reflecting more on mortality. It feels so unreal and intangible. It's 4:30 pm for me, I still have time left but it's finite. It all goes by so fast

@BradPorter_ My father got the calculator. We got the internet. Our kids get AI. The question is always the same: are you the farmer who adapts, or the one who doesn't?

A moving man will surely meet his luck

Every time I see a tweet saying “I can vibe code this in a weekend” - I think of the slack notification system.. It takes time, persistence and effort to get the details right. Sure, a lot of simple workflows will get vibe coded away. And maybe you can put this in Claude Code and get the code right in one shot. But quality, depth and great systems will still have value and take time. You can’t vibe code lessons. Now and forever.

@gaganbiyani thanks for sharing this dude. incredible bar here: “Learning ivory tower bullshit from academics doesn’t get you a real education, but it does create prestige.”

”You're not gonna win, there's no fighting AI” Diplo's take on AI is spot on, and he's ahead of 99% of creatives, across all disciplines > it's inevitable, and you're dumb if you don't use it > it's a tool, just like many other things before it > taste and references matter A LOT amazing interview by @DanielSWall

@AndyMasley These comparisons are excellent

@hawaalidrammeh Everybody wants to go heaven, but nobody wants to die to get there

why are ppl surprised when mediocre inputs yield mediocre outputs

Masterclass from my favorite portco on how to do a campus launch for a consumer social product

threw a prom at a dive bar for our UW launch and over 1k college kids rsvp’d we had bottle service, a limo, and a prom king & queen my cac is so low and my aura is so high

Just an idea but I think we should send Kirk Cousins' agent to Pakistan to negotiate the ceasefire. That freakin guy has some sort of Jedi mind control powers. He'd come home with a peace accord and a $128m/3yrs guaranteed contract with a no-trade clause.

“you correct a fool and gain an enemy. you correct the wise and gain a friend.”