BAES 102: Tom Cruise versus AI

The Ben and Emil Show

Ben and Emil

Comedy

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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It seems like it was just yesterday that those janky videos of AI-generated Will Smith eating spaghetti was all over everyone's timeline. Because in a short two years we've now reached the point of no return: AI generated video WITH audio is now completely indistinguishable from real life. Join us as we discuss some example clips and the implications for this rapidly growing technology -- especially for the movie industry. PLUS, we're talking about the crypto kidnapping and torture in NYC. Wild stuff. Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it! And please leave us a comment! It helps us! DENVER we are coming for you. Get tix here: https://comedyworks.com/comedians/ben-emil-live Our PORTLAND VIDEO IS OUT! https://youtu.be/qX4pks0ASq8 Sign up to watch and support the show at https://benandemilshow.com ***LINK TO OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/CjujBt8g ***Subscribe to Emil's Substack: https://substack.com/@emilderosa ***Trade with Ben at https://tradertreehouse.com __ CHUBBIES: Your new wardrobe awaits! Get 20% off @Chubbies with the code "benandemil" at https://chubbiesshorts.com/benandemil #chubbiespod NOTION: Get Notion Mail for free right now at https://notion.com/baes and try the inbox that thinks like you! __ This episode was edited by Connor Rousseau / @ conrad_roussrad Follow us on instagram! @ benandemilshow @ bencahn @ emilderosa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Breaking news. A Scottish fold cat named Big White has led an army of felines to seize Buckingham Palace declaring itself the new king of Britain.
0:08.1	Honey, we got to talk about VEO. Ben's having a crisis. I'm having a bit of a crisis.
0:12.7	Oh, y'all got to give them that. This is wild. It's over. We are cooked on that thread. You get me? And the demos, they work perfectly. Yeah. But in real life, some guy goes like, oh, actually, watch this.
0:22.8	And then he asks it.
0:24.1	And then we go, can we just do it?
0:25.4	And he's like, no, look, it's good.
0:26.4	Wait, the phone's going to do it.
0:27.8	The movie industry is over.
0:30.4	Want to see a mining town in 1848?
0:34.1	Here you go.
0:35.1	And it was like, can you show me something else? No. Want to see another mining town?
0:39.0	The message couldn't be clearer.
0:40.8	We have a collective choice to make.
0:43.5	It doesn't have to be this way.
0:45.2	And it doesn't have to all be over.
0:47.7	It is not inevitable, despite what the fanatics say.
0:50.5	It can even create videos in other languages.
0:53.9	A coffee with leech, for favor.
0:57.5	I like that a lot. Okay, now I'm okay with that.
1:02.0	I'm looking at a time with baby on me. Tell me what's going on. Tell me what's going on.
1:11.3	So listen to a what's going on. So isn't enough to bed in me?
1:15.0	Tell me what's going on.
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