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AI Didn’t Kill Cinematography. It Made It Mandatory.

A quick note before we begin: I will be teaching a 90-minute workshop on how to think about motion and move your stories from script to screen using AI…

Feb 26 • Christopher Smith

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The $29.95 Commercial: Inside the strange new economics of AI video and the creative labour nobody is counting.

The sentence arrives casually now, almost as a reflex.

Feb 19 • Christopher Smith

February 17, 2026: The First Day of the Fire Horse.

A founder’s reflection on cycles, structure, and motion.

Feb 17 • Christopher Smith

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Why Agency Scriptwriters Should Experiment with AI Filmmaking

Generative AI is not just changing how films are made.

Feb 11 • Christopher Smith

Do Not Underestimate Your Place in History Right Now

There is no doubt in my mind that this is the most important piece I’ve written so far.

Feb 9 • Christopher Smith

January 2026

If AI Becomes a Verb, What Kind of Verb Will It Be?

Every technology that survives long enough eventually undergoes the same transformation.

Jan 23 • Christopher Smith

On AI: If you genuinely believe what we have now is remotely like a human being, you may have a surprisingly low opinion of human beings.

There is a sentence I keep hearing lately, delivered with an odd mix of amazement and alarm, usually by people who want you to know they are paying…

Jan 15 • Christopher Smith

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Bad Work Is Fine. Public Bad Work Is Not.

RockPaperScissors completed it’s second year of operations a couple of days ago.

Jan 12 • Christopher Smith

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December 2025

I’ve Lived Through More Than One End of the World.

What repeated cycles of technological disruption have taught me about survival, judgment, and hope.

Dec 15, 2025 • Christopher Smith

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Time Well Spent

On reclaiming meaning, momentum, and attention in a world that keeps asking for more.

Dec 6, 2025 • Christopher Smith

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November 2025

Frameworks for the AI Age.

Why I’m Giving Away One of the Most Valuable Things I Use

Nov 26, 2025 • Christopher Smith

The Explorer, the Settler, and the Future of Work in the Age of AI

If you spend enough time inside companies—real time, not the workshop-and-slide-deck variety—patterns begin to reveal themselves.

Nov 24, 2025 • Christopher Smith