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Analysis Summary
Worth Noting
Positive elements
- This video provides a critical look at the current limitations of generative AI in long-form video production, specifically regarding character consistency and narrative logic.
Be Aware
Cautionary elements
- The use of 'echo chamber' rhetoric that prioritizes mocking a controversial figure over a substantive discussion of the technology being used.
Influence Dimensions
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Knowing about these techniques makes them visible, not powerless. The ones that work best on you are the ones that match beliefs you already hold.
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Transcript
Once we get this guy, people are finally going to see us for who we really are. >> Yeah, as the good guys. And I think you're going to like this, too, because it's really good. Life is full of surprises. This much is undeniable. However, what they don't often tell you is that life is also full of things going exactly the way you'd expect them to given the information provided. For example, Logan Paul making a movie that is generated entirely by AI where the plot is basically just look at me, I'm Logan Paul, I'm super cool. Did I mention I like money? Boy oh boy is the future looking bright. The mentioning of the name Logan Paul is something that for at least the last decade has never been followed by anything positive. It's been exclusively negative, which honestly at this point is kind of just impressive. For you to have like never even accidentally done something that you've been applauded for for the entirety of the time you've been in the public eye is a bit of a feat. Like really, at some point, you've just got to sit down and admire the dedication. But, uh, even with that being said, even with that being true, The Nightmare that we're looking at today still somehow stands out as a low point in Logan Paul's career. maybe really the low point, which my goodness, if you've been keeping up with the guy, is really saying something. A couple of days ago, Logan Paul uploaded a video onto his YouTube channel titled, "We Made a $300 million movie in 7 Days Using AI." And oh my god, I think it might be the worst thing I've ever seen. Now, look, don't get me wrong, I know I've said something to that tune many a time on this channel, but guys, seriously, this might be the one. I mean, Logan Paul's own audience is calling him out for this. Do you know how bad something has to be for the people who watch Logan Paul's YouTube videos in 2026 to say, "Hey, Logan, this sucks." It is comically bad to a degree that you will never understand unless you just see it. So, unfortunately for you, I'm just going to show you. Let's begin. >> Please subscribe. Hey, watch it. >> Okay, so that's how the movie starts. I just wanted to let you know that in case you were wondering if we were like going to get any sort of explanation as to what makes this a $300 million movie because a spoiler alert, we're not. I don't know if you can even legally call this a movie. It's like 15 minutes long. And from my 45 seconds or so of Google research, only 17 movies in history have ever cost more than $300 million to produce. So, uh, kind of curious as to which ass they pulled this number from. One thing I don't really understand about people who are like really into AI like this is that like obviously for all intents and purposes you could say this looks real. Like if you showed this to a seven-year-old, they'd be like, "Yeah, that's really happening." But that's not really like all that impressive anymore, I don't think. Like AI has gotten to the point where the test is not, "Can I take a frame from this video and see if it looks real?" It's how stupid does it look? And my god, does this look stupid? Like, are people really able to suspend their disbelief and be like, "Yeah, this looks really cool." Even though no movement that anybody makes makes any sense whatsoever. Or is it just a thing of their like coping because they're just like, I didn't have to hire an actual actor to do any of this, so it's cool. I think it's probably the second one, but you never know. >> Thank you for saving me. >> Who Who are you? >> I'm the good guy. >> Um, okay, great. >> All right. You're going to try real hard to ignore the fact that this lady looks completely different in every single scene she's in because I know that it probably would have cost more than 300 million buckaroois to hire the same actor for all four scenes. So, I mean, can't bash a small businessman like Logan Paul for saving money. But, I find it very ironic that we are naming Logan Paul's superhero the good guy. That's pretty cool. Not only because that name is like peak AI trying to be creative but failing miserably, but also because Logan Paul's career has literally just been controversy after controversy after controversy and then some weird WWE stuff that I always forget exists. But I mean like is that the joke? Maybe it is. But uh I don't feel like Logan Paul's that self-aware. >> And I think you're going to like this too because it's really good. >> Run. Hide. I got this. >> Wait. Take this. >> Yeah. Nothing says $300 million budget like your actors not even being able to maintain eye contact. But what does say $300 million budget is this awesome Prime product placement? That was pretty sick. Is this all this is just a shitty advertisement for Prime? Are they even selling it anymore? I feel like I haven't seen it for quite some time. But uh maybe that's just because I'm over the age of 11. Could be like a Polar Express sort of situation. You know, like how he can't hear the bell when he doesn't believe in Santa. Maybe if you don't believe in Logan Paul, you can't see Prime in a gas station. Okay, that was kind of a shitty analogy, but we're going to run with it. Anyways, for the next 5 minutes, there's like 10 words of dialogue. It's nothing but shitty AI action sequences of these weird robot guys chasing Logan Paul on motorcycles. No explanation as to why we're here. No explanation as to what's happening, who these guys are, why Logan Paul has to be a superhero, why they were after that girl, you know, nothing that actually helps you understand the you're watching. It's basically just flashing lights to keep the people who find AI movies entertaining entertained. However, the few bits of dialogue that we do get are incredibly stupid and honestly kind of weird. So, I'm going to show them to you anyways. >> You're screwed, buddy. I ain't going to lie, that kind of hurt. >> Do you think that's going to affect our Wi-Fi? >> I really appreciate you having my back on this, man. >> Yeah. So, a big fan of the Disney Channel original writing we've got here. Also really like how creepily that line was delivered to the guy in the car. My man slithers onto the hood of this car and starts straddling the hood like he's about to make sweet love to the window washer nozzle while maintaining eye contact with this guy. Pretty kinky Did anyone order a pizza? Man, this guy must be on steroids or something. >> Not so strong after all, huh? >> Boy oh boy, I sure do wish we had some explanation as to how the evil bald guy, who's different than all the other evil bald guys, can make you do this. Putting people into a mental cornfield seems like a pretty niche superpower, but I mean, maybe it's useful in a world where everybody's very bold. Like, again, just back to my original question, who is finding this entertaining? And like, who is it for really? Because I feel like the only way that you're ever going to sway people who are on the fence about watching stuff like this because I feel like there's a very large population of people who just will never be down for this kind of myself included. But for the people who could be convinced, do you really think this is the way you're going to do it by making a shitty run-of-the-mill action movie with no plot whatsoever? Like to me, it just sort of seems obvious to win somebody over who might be into something like this. You have to make a movie that humans can't make. You have to prove that there's an actual niche for AI when it comes to film making. And even then, that's never going to happen because AI models are trained on human-made things, which again is kind of the big problem with all this that some people don't seem to really understand. we're never really going to get anything truly unique because it's trained on things that already exist. And then to compound that issue, the people who are willing to use AI to make an entire movie are the ones who have no artistic or creative ability. So, I mean, multifaceted issue. >> I'm going to cancel you permanently. >> But there's one more thing I need to do. >> AND WHAT IS THAT? LEARN ENGLISH. >> You're a funny guy. >> YOU'RE A FUNNY GUY. I know exactly where YOUR WIFE IS. >> NO, >> I KNOW exactly how to get to her. >> NO. >> BUT FIRST, LET'S GET TO THE fun part. >> The idea of feeding an AI model pictures of your baby to generate a 5second long clip that you and your wife could have just sat down with your baby to film is insane. Like this definitely took more time than just filming this clip on a green screen somewhere in their house. Also, again, this dialogue makes no sense whatsoever. Learn English. This guy is speaking perfect English. Is the joke that Logan Paul is just racist or what? >> Main character energy, baby. >> You know what? I was pretty confident that the shitty prime product placement would be the worst sequence in this video, but I believe I've been proven wrong. I don't know about you guys, but I for one am thrilled at the fact that ramp prices are at an all-time high and that all of our rivers and lakes are being drained so that the Paul brothers, two multi-millionaires who could just actually make this movie, can generate shitty AI sequences of them beating up bald people. This is the future, ladies and gentlemen. You know, this is nothing compared to the time I fought Tyson. >> I know. Once we get this guy, people are finally going to see us for who we really are. >> Yeah. It's the good guys. And then they'll finally stop trying to kill us. >> That would be nice. >> It would be. Imagine all the merch we could sell. The good guys action figures, the good guy t-shirts, trading cards. We're going to be swimming in cash. Do you guys think that they think that this comes across as like self-aware? Because that really feels like the kind of angle they're attacking here, but it doesn't work. Like when you are the Paul brothers, you can't really try and tap into the well of like, oh, we're super self-aware. We like money. It's like, yeah, we know. We've seen what you guys have been doing the last few years. We're well aware of where your motivations lie. You know, on second thought, maybe we should have kept him around a bit longer. Now that I think about it, remember this moment. It's going to be important to the plot later. I got it. Boom, baby. Man, oh man. Right about now is the time where I'm thinking it'd be super awesome if this so-called movie had a plot. What are we shutting down? What's the Omega Protocol? Maybe, just maybe, if you spent like 2 minutes of the 15 minutes of action sequence budget that you had, you could have gone into a little bit of detail as to what we're shutting down here. You know, give the eight people who are going to watch this that are actually going to care about it something to latch on to. Just a suggestion for the next one because I'm sure this won't be the last AI movie these guys make, but it will be the last one I watch. I feel like at this point we've seen enough. Like I said, nothing resolves itself. Like we don't learn anything. It's just slop. It's AI slop. And they try and like get ahead of that by having a guy at the end who turns off the movie calling it AI slop. You know, just another shitty attempt at being self-aware. Like, yeah, it is. This is AI slop. Throwing that in at the end of your so-called movie does not like protect you from criticism. This is slop. I'm glad we're all on the same page. Well, guys, what are your thoughts? I really do feel like this is a bit of a new low for Logan Paul, which I mean, really is a pretty big step for the guy. He's already gotten so low that it's just getting impressive at this point. I truly don't understand like what would possess him to do this. At the end of the AI movie, the good guy starts talking about how you can like buy merch. And I don't know if that's like a real thing or not. If it is, I feel like we found the motivation. But, I mean, if he just did this to do it, it's like why? It's like you could probably get into a movie if you wanted to, Logan Paul. I'm sure you have the connects. It's like why are you doing this? It's just kind of a bad look I feel like from all angles. I don't know. Maybe you see it differently. Let me know your thoughts. So yeah. Oh my god, my duck wasn't turned around. No. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey,
Video description
Logan Paul, a man whose entire career could be described as one big controversy. Today, it somehow gets worse with his AI movie, and his new character, "The Good Guy". previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnaO9fO-UW0 follow me on instagram!: https://www.instagram.com/oohgust/ follow me on twitter!: https://twitter.com/oohgust my gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ducktheaugust subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/augusttheduck/?sub_confirmation=1 outro song creds: https://www.youtube.com/@prodgoostavo https://www.youtube.com/@dadood3652