Oct 26, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min · 14 segments
Ed Ulbrich thinks the world needs more slop. Flood the market with AI-generated content and work with real taste becomes impossible to miss, which is how he expects the next Fincher to break through…
Ed UlbrichGuest
Daniel ThronHostChris NicholsHostDo you think that there was – I mean, we talked about the endless cycle of tech demos, right? And then we see still today they're like, oh, no, we're just going to push a button and make a movie.
I think the thing that I keep seeing is like the tech – The tech makes these huge, crazy jumps all the time.
And I think that one of the big struggles that people have is that when you're just watching a tech demo, you don't go to the Avengers to see a tech demo.
And I think that the disconnect for many people has been when you are not emotionally satisfied by what you are seeing, like you blame the technology rather than the creative.
And I think that we, like, my feeling is that we've gotten very lost in the sauce of that.
Like, there's so much, like, snake oil and there's so much nonsense going on that it's an uphill battle to even see what the tools are we need right now.
Do you think that there was – I mean, we talked about the endless cycle of tech demos, right? And then we see still today they're like, oh, no, we're just going to push a button and make a movie.
I think the thing that I keep seeing is like the tech – The tech makes these huge, crazy jumps all the time.
And I think that one of the big struggles that people have is that when you're just watching a tech demo, you don't go to the Avengers to see a tech demo.
And I think that the disconnect for many people has been when you are not emotionally satisfied by what you are seeing, like you blame the technology rather than the creative.
And I think that we, like, my feeling is that we've gotten very lost in the sauce of that.
Like, there's so much, like, snake oil and there's so much nonsense going on that it's an uphill battle to even see what the tools are we need right now.
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