AI won’t be the first thing to disrupt coding—it’s film and television.
Why short dramas? Because the key production elements are exactly the ones AI can cover: scripts can be generated, visuals can be generated, voiceovers can be generated, and editing can be automated. In the short-drama space, the most expensive parts of traditional film—actors, locations, equipment, and post-production—can all be replaced. Meanwhile, audiences naturally gravitate toward short, punchy content.
What’s really being disrupted isn’t big-screen blockbusters, but the middle layer of professionals who make a living off the “production barrier.” Once that barrier collapses, production capacity explodes, content becomes oversupplied, and in the end, it all comes down again to what you choose to make and how you tell the story.
Every push toward technological equality follows the same pattern: first turn scarcity into abundance, then force everyone back to the truly difficult thing.
Why short dramas? Because the key production elements are exactly the ones AI can cover: scripts can be generated, visuals can be generated, voiceovers can be generated, and editing can be automated. In the short-drama space, the most expensive parts of traditional film—actors, locations, equipment, and post-production—can all be replaced. Meanwhile, audiences naturally gravitate toward short, punchy content.
What’s really being disrupted isn’t big-screen blockbusters, but the middle layer of professionals who make a living off the “production barrier.” Once that barrier collapses, production capacity explodes, content becomes oversupplied, and in the end, it all comes down again to what you choose to make and how you tell the story.
Every push toward technological equality follows the same pattern: first turn scarcity into abundance, then force everyone back to the truly difficult thing.