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		cainxinth on July 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lucasfilm hires YouTuber who specializes in deepfa... Do you really think they didn’t try doing this without this guy before deciding it would be easier just to hire him?

jtbayly on July 27, 2021 [–]

Obviously they did. That's what the new guy is competing with.

cainxinth on July 27, 2021 | [–]

No, I mean afterwards. They saw his vid, and must have thought, let’s try and fix our previous work using a similar method… and discovered even that isn’t so easy.

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