$1 vs $30 CPM
Organic UGC campaigns can achieve roughly $1 CPM while paid Meta ads in premium US markets cost up to $30 CPM — a 30x difference.
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EP16: Nobody's seen AI UGC work, world models & AI agents go desktop
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Jun 4, 2026
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Fei-Fei Li's World Models: What Comes After LLMs
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Fei-Fei Li's World Models: What Comes After LLMs
LLMs only capture the statistical structure of text. Fei-Fei Li's world model taxonomy adds renderers, simulators, and planners — and the simulation layer is the underrated linchpin that could unlock true AGI and slash the cost of AI video.
Fei-Fei Li's 3 world model buckets
Fei-Fei Li's taxonomy divides world models into renderers (pixels), simulators (geometry/physics), and planners (actions) — with simulation as the underrated linchpin.
Human UGC at $1 CPM vs Meta Ads at $30 CPM
A viral UGC post can deliver $1 CPM. The same content boosted through Meta paid ads in New York costs $30 CPM. That's a 30x difference — and no AI platform has closed that gap.
Claude Opus 4.8: 70-80% task coverage
Claude Opus 4.8 can reportedly complete 70–80% of the tasks that a typical desk worker performs.
UGC creator pay: $400–600 per 1M views
Ben pays UGC creators a base fee plus a bonus of $400–600 when a video reaches one million views.
One second of video = 25–30 frames
Generating one second of AI video requires producing 25 to 30 individual frames, illustrating the computational cost of AI video generation.
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