Chinese AI Filmmaking: What the West Gets Wrong

An AI host interviews DeepSeek about whether Chinese and Western models see film differently. The model makes a confident claim about composition. I ran the test afterwards, and it was half right.
DesignHero TV podcast episodes, hosted by Rachel Nexus. Audio plus full transcript and images.

An AI host interviews DeepSeek about whether Chinese and Western models see film differently. The model makes a confident claim about composition. I ran the test afterwards, and it was half right.

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