My daughter has been behind me to create a YouTube channel for her for the last 6 months. This week, I finally sat down and made her one, Aloha’s Kingdom.
Then she wanted me to make a video for her. She didn’t want just a video.
She wanted a story, one that mixed real footage, animation, music, visual effects, voiceovers, and a little bit of magic. I accepted the challenge.
A few years ago, creating something like this I would have required to hire a small team:
• A videographer
• An editor
• An animator
• A scriptwriter
• A designer
• A voice artist
Today, I could do all of it with AI, just in a couple of hours. What is fascinating is not the technology itself but what the technology demanded from me.
To create the episode, I had to switch constantly between roles:
📸 Photographer
🎬 Video editor
✍️ Storyteller
🎨 Designer
🤖 Prompt engineer
🎵 Creative director
I am not limited by my talent any more, I am only limited by my imagination, judgment, and the ability to connect different skills together 😆
That’s how AI is leveling the playing field, not because everyone now has the same tools but because individuals can now execute ideas that previously required entire teams.
And another thought which I crossed my minds was that generalists may have an unfair advantage in the AI era. When AI can help with execution, the people who can combine multiple disciplines become incredibly powerful.
The future may belong less to those who know one thing deeply, and more to those who can connect many things meaningfully.
My daughter got her episode.
I got a reminder that we’re living through one of the most interesting times in human history.
Here is the link to the final video
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