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A massive tangent ignites with reflections on AI's encroachment into visual effects (VFX) and digital artistry. The group discusses how AI replacing VFX artists—most of whom are Asian—could be a double-edged sword, representing both a threat to labor and an opening for domestic talent. They touch on the ethics of AI-generated content, questioning privacy, censorship, and the double standards in online information filtering.

They further criticize the UK’s new internet rules requiring digital IDs for adult content—an Orwellian step they see as inevitable in other countries like Australia and Canada. Alternative AI platforms promising privacy, like Venice AI, are debated as potential safe havens versus the overarching threat of government overreach.