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The economics of AI video generation have improved dramatically as models become more efficient and competition drives down prices. I calculated that generating a five-second clip using ChatGPT free costs roughly the same as a cup of coffee, making it feasible to generate dozens of variations while searching for the perfect shot. This low cost encourages experimentation, because you do not need to agonize over a single prompt when you can afford to try ten different approaches. I have started generating multiple versions of every video clip I need, then selecting the best one and discarding the rest without any guilt about wasted resources. This abundance mindset has improved the quality of my final outputs, because I am no longer settling for the first acceptable result. Instead, I generate until I see something truly special, treating the process as a collaboration with the AI where I provide guidance and it provides surprising variations that I might never have imagined on my own.