William Lane
@williamjtlane.bsky.social
Policy, Public Affairs and Electoral Analysis
'Political Analyst' - Aaron H. Ellis
Views my own
Writes at https://thepartyanimal.substack.com/
'Political Analyst' - Aaron H. Ellis
Views my own
Writes at https://thepartyanimal.substack.com/
Good to know! The linked wiki is also better formatted and looks nicer overall.
February 18, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Good to know! The linked wiki is also better formatted and looks nicer overall.
I do expect Gen AI to keep getting better (up to a point at least) but generating a feature length film is so much more complicated than a single scene, and not just for the raw issue of more screentime.
Plots have to followed, character arcs completed, and that's before we even get to the visuals.
Plots have to followed, character arcs completed, and that's before we even get to the visuals.
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I do expect Gen AI to keep getting better (up to a point at least) but generating a feature length film is so much more complicated than a single scene, and not just for the raw issue of more screentime.
Plots have to followed, character arcs completed, and that's before we even get to the visuals.
Plots have to followed, character arcs completed, and that's before we even get to the visuals.
It's not a surprise that Gen AI has problems keeping track of characters, having scenes morph into each other and sudden tonal shifts.
Thats what a first draft looks like! It's the entire reason drafting exists, so you can go back and smooth over the rough edges later, finding the story as you do.
Thats what a first draft looks like! It's the entire reason drafting exists, so you can go back and smooth over the rough edges later, finding the story as you do.
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It's not a surprise that Gen AI has problems keeping track of characters, having scenes morph into each other and sudden tonal shifts.
Thats what a first draft looks like! It's the entire reason drafting exists, so you can go back and smooth over the rough edges later, finding the story as you do.
Thats what a first draft looks like! It's the entire reason drafting exists, so you can go back and smooth over the rough edges later, finding the story as you do.
If you wondered why my handle is 'williamjtlane' that's why lol. I was told by my first boss that if you search my name online then it's all just William Lane Craig, so I stick my initials in there to seperate us out.
February 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If you wondered why my handle is 'williamjtlane' that's why lol. I was told by my first boss that if you search my name online then it's all just William Lane Craig, so I stick my initials in there to seperate us out.
It reminds me of the 'you have a Christian perspective' thing that atheists get sometimes, in that it's overlaying the speaker's idea of how the world should be over the actual beliefs of others.
Yes I was raised in a Christian country and that matters, but no I do not have a Christian perspective.
Yes I was raised in a Christian country and that matters, but no I do not have a Christian perspective.
February 16, 2026 at 11:46 AM
It reminds me of the 'you have a Christian perspective' thing that atheists get sometimes, in that it's overlaying the speaker's idea of how the world should be over the actual beliefs of others.
Yes I was raised in a Christian country and that matters, but no I do not have a Christian perspective.
Yes I was raised in a Christian country and that matters, but no I do not have a Christian perspective.
Yeah I certainly wouldn't want to go to any Buddhist shrines in Cambodia, or Taoist shrines in Hong Kong, and tell the (sometimes extremely fervent) worshippers there that they don't really believe in their religions.
February 16, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Yeah I certainly wouldn't want to go to any Buddhist shrines in Cambodia, or Taoist shrines in Hong Kong, and tell the (sometimes extremely fervent) worshippers there that they don't really believe in their religions.
After idly refreshing my memory about looms on the tardis wiki I found this truly heroic attempt to synergize the various origin stories together.
I love that apparently the Doctor himself only knows his true origins 'sometimes', it's very fitting.
I love that apparently the Doctor himself only knows his true origins 'sometimes', it's very fitting.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
After idly refreshing my memory about looms on the tardis wiki I found this truly heroic attempt to synergize the various origin stories together.
I love that apparently the Doctor himself only knows his true origins 'sometimes', it's very fitting.
I love that apparently the Doctor himself only knows his true origins 'sometimes', it's very fitting.
As much as I also don't like the Chibnal era retcon of the Doctor's orgins, he's had about 5 at this point. One literally had him be woven into existence on a loom!
You just have to go with the flow and not care much about how the world fits together between stories.
You just have to go with the flow and not care much about how the world fits together between stories.
February 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
As much as I also don't like the Chibnal era retcon of the Doctor's orgins, he's had about 5 at this point. One literally had him be woven into existence on a loom!
You just have to go with the flow and not care much about how the world fits together between stories.
You just have to go with the flow and not care much about how the world fits together between stories.
I don't think Britain is seperate from the others, we're broadly in line with France, Spain and Germany. At the same time we're also more pessimistic than them on trade wars and the US becoming a dicatorship, which is interesting as we have historically been among the most pro-US Euro nations.
February 15, 2026 at 8:49 AM
I don't think Britain is seperate from the others, we're broadly in line with France, Spain and Germany. At the same time we're also more pessimistic than them on trade wars and the US becoming a dicatorship, which is interesting as we have historically been among the most pro-US Euro nations.
...I didn't say "few europeans"?
February 15, 2026 at 8:42 AM
...I didn't say "few europeans"?