I’m still grappling with the astonishing reality that mere code can transform a single image and a little text into a vivid movie scene — not just spatially, but with the intricate physics of living organisms, people acting and speaking, all sparked by a few text prompts. Three years ago, when I first experimented with AI-generated images, I felt the same disbelief; it seemed unreal, almost impossible. Back then, I was convinced there’d be a hard limit to this technology, and consistent video generation was just out of the question, something reserved for the era of quantum computing. Yet, here we are, without quantum computing AI can now generate near-realistic footage from a short description. I can’t keep up with the flood of new AI models and tools, and I’m only focused on visual content generation, let alone the countless other fields AI is reshaping.
I always felt I can, to some extent, imagine how a new emerging tech might shape life and society, but AI has left me utterly overwhelmed. I didn't expect this would emerge so soon and so fast. Many fear and reject this technology, and I get why. But there is no way to stop it, except maybe of some cataclysmic event. My concern isn’t the tech itself but the potential for those in power to wield it for sinister purposes, like manipulation, control, and enslavement on a scale most can’t fathom.
Still, I’m not just wary — I’m captivated. I’m driven to understand how it works and how to use it.
