"Then I remembered that (...) I am watching films (..) made for TCL, the largest TV manufacturer on Earth as part of a pilot program designed to normalize #AI #movies and #TV shows for an audience that it plans to monetize explicitly (...) with targeted advertising and whose internal data suggests that the people who watch (...) are too lazy to change the channel. I know this is the plan because TCL’s executives just told the audience (...)".

(via @404mediaco)

https://www.404media.co/i-went-to-the-premiere-of-tcls-first-commercially-streaming-ai-movies/

I Went to the Premiere of the First Commercially Streaming AI-Generated Movies

“With premium original content, precise ad-targeting capability, and an AI-powered, innovative engaging viewing experience, TCL’s content service will continue its double-digit growth next year.”

^{Jason Koebler (404 Media)}