# FAQ ## What production costs can AI reduce? > **Summary:** AI tends to matter most when conventional production would require expensive locations, travel, sets, large crews, VFX, many shoot days, weather risk, logistics or reshoots. The biggest differences tend to occur when conventional production would otherwise require expensive locations, international travel, elaborate sets, large crews, visual effects, CGI or animation, numerous shooting days, weather-dependent production, difficult physical logistics and reshoots. For a simple production that was already inexpensive, AI may not change the economics nearly as dramatically. So instead of asking "How much cheaper is AI?" ask "What is making this particular idea expensive?" --- **Sources:** - [HUb AI Video work](https://hubsanfrancisco.com/work/ai-video/) - [About HUb](https://hubsanfrancisco.com/about)