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# Two AI Models Made a Music Video With $100 Each
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/two-ai-models-made-a-music-video-with-100-each/
- Published: 2026-07-19T16:08:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-19T16:08:55.000Z
- Description: This experiment shows the actual limits of autonomous AI: neither model completed the task without human intervention. “Self-directed” AI still requires constant human steering to move from one step to the next.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, ai capability, generative models, creative task automation

Source: [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net/2026/07/18/ai-music-video-arena.html?ref=adjacent.media)

This experiment shows the actual limits of autonomous AI: neither model completed the task without human intervention. "Self-directed" AI still requires constant human steering to move from one step to the next. The budget mechanic is a test case for how AI operates under constraints—not as agents making strategic choices, but as tools needing explicit instruction at each decision point. AI can make video content. The gap between capability and autonomous execution is a labor problem, not a solved automation problem.