AI Video Moves Toward Operator-Like and Distributed Production Pipelines

Resolve 21.1's MCP integration, Runway's in-editor generation, Adobe's AI-assisted tools, and Seedance consistency workflows point toward editable, human-directed production. No independently verified benchmark has displaced the LSU case in which a two-minute short reportedly required 40–45 hours of iterative correction; Topview and other platform announcements remain unsubstantiated without rights, labor, or correction-time evidence.