this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
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Archive for who gets paywall https://archive.is/09ZtS

(I didn't get paywall but the verge is in my noscript blacklist)

They boast having hired 5 slop specialists that chose the least worse shots over 70000 prompts

They have something like $50 billion yearly revenue, can't pay real people for an ad? Literally peanuts for them.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

There were definitely more person days spent doing it the traditional way. Ib the article they note they would've started a year ago. Even just the handful of folks on set, the caterers, drivers, costumers, location scouts, permit wranglers, talent, director, writer etc probably gets close to 145 people days if the shoot went over 2 or 3 days.