Founder of Powerset, which became Microsoft Bing, BOD of Node.js and JQuery, and Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley

San Francisco, CA
Joined July 2008
I'm back! - my 6th company JUMP//CUT begins - an AI Film Studio making franchise episodic films for television. stevenewcomb.substack.com/p/…
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It could be the timing of the music, FX, foley, or any other audio that’s not nailed.
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It could be the “too perfect-ness” of the cinematics
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An AI Product Idea - an AI tool helps me automate audience feedback - one that analyses a scene for me and acts in different roles (e.g. professional editor, child, adult, old person) and giving me feedback on what doesn’t feel right.
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It could be color grading that just a little bit off
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It could be the voice not matching the face of the character.
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It could be a missing environmental element like haze, or dust you’ll need to add in post
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A hard truth that I’ve realized while tying to make Shepard’s Tone, I do daily “audience” tests per scene and it’s amazing how just a little glitch or inconsistency can make a scene unsellable to an audience. You must have the re-roll, in-fill, or fix it in post commitment to nail a scene. Here are my top 10 that I worry about most:
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Fantastic work by @RuairiRobinson. I’ve been battling Runway Gen3 on a couple of scenes that just aren’t working. Hoping Veo generates better results.
I made a teaser for a movie that does not exist using google Veo 2. I put this together in 3 days. This is either very exciting technology or the end of cinema. Opinions differ.
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That feeling you get when you are about to roll your first test on a new AI film platform. Thanks @motionphi for a great video.
I've been using #Veo2 for the past week now, and all I can say is... it's flippin' nuts! 🛹🐿️🎅
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For those that would like to see the output of my new AI film workflow and tech stack you can sign up for early access at Shepardstone.com
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Today I'm announcing that I'm starting a new journey as an AI filmmaker and I'm relaunching this space as a hub for exploring AI-driven filmmaking. Follow along as I share insights, tools, and projects shaping the future of cinema.
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In the era of AI, where the US currently attempts to limit access to computing power, likening freedom of compute to freedom of speech will become an important debate.
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Time to clustering 50,000 GPUs will go from weeks to seconds.
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Decentralized anonymous GPU clustering is going to happen and we must contemplate and debate its merits wisely.
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