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Meet the filmmakers who (not so secretly) love AI
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image mode on Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston.
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Many writers, actors and animators see artificial intelligence as a villain. But for some filmmakers, AI is a powerful democratizing tool.
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For many writers, actors and animators, AI is a villain. But for these filmmakers who spoke to "Imperfect Paradise," it's a powerful democratizing tool.
AI concerns in Hollywood: It’s hard to find people in Hollywood who are willing to speak publicly about their enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, for fear of being seen as “siding with the machines.” Concerns about AI were central to the writers and actors strikes in 2023.
How is Hollywood currently using AI? And yet, many people are quietly using the technology already in filmmaking.
How to learn more: In this week's Imperfect Paradise, meet two enthusiastic early adopters of AI in filmmaking. We talk to them about how they’re using it, its strengths and limitations, and how they respond to people who say AI is going to ruin Hollywood.
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It’s hard to find people in Hollywood who are willing to speak publicly about their enthusiasm for AI, for fear of being seen as “siding with the machines.” And yet, many people are quietly using the technology already. In this episode, we interview two enthusiastic early adopters of AI in filmmaking about how they’re using it, its strengths and limitations, and how they respond to people who say AI is going to ruin Hollywood.
Meet the filmmakers who love AI
It’s hard to find people in Hollywood who are willing to speak publicly about their enthusiasm for AI, for fear of being seen as “siding with the machines.” And yet, many people are quietly using the technology already. In this episode, we interview two enthusiastic early adopters of AI in filmmaking about how they’re using it, its strengths and limitations, and how they respond to people who say AI is going to ruin Hollywood.
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