Is Hollywood Scared of AI?

Is Hollywood Scared of AI?

Friday, May 5, 2023

Welcome to the future, humans

Itā€™s Friday, woohoo! Weā€™ve got a fun one today. Weā€™d love to hear your thoughts and feedback so donā€™t be afraid to give us a shout.

Have a great weekend!

Is Hollywood Scared of AI?

We think they are. The writers in Hollywood are striking, and AI is one of the major reasons. We dish how it might pan out. 

Also on the pod today:

- AI will soon think on its own šŸ¤Æ

- Marvel director says AI movies are two years away šŸŽ¬

- A pizza commercial made by AIā€¦what?! šŸ•

Itā€™ll be worth your 19 minutes:

Listen on our site:

Subscribe and listen on your favorite podcast platform

Listen on Spotify

Learn

1. AI Will Soon Think On Its Own? -- The CEO of Googleā€™s DeepMind says weā€™re ā€˜just a few yearsā€™ from AI that has human-level intelligence. Right now AI is based on a model that it is trained to understand. Soon, it may have a mind of its own.

2. 54% of Voters Want AI Regulation NOW -- A majority of voters think Congress should take ā€œswift action to regulate AIā€ in order to promote privacy and safety, according to a new poll. The question is, how?

3. Slack GPT is Here -- Slack has now added generative AI to itā€™s productivity app in order to ā€œBringing the power of generative AI in Slack to help you work smarter, learn faster, and communicate better.ā€ Hereā€™s their press release.

4. Elon Musk's Neuralink is in Trouble -- Neuralink is developing a computer chip to improve human intelligence and help those with paralysis and blindness.Testing is being done on animals. The IACUC committee is mostly comprised of Neuralink employees, creating a conflict of interest.

5. Let the AI Regulation Begin -- Regulators are starting to investigate how to deal with the rapid rise of consumer AI like ChatGPT. Amongst others looking to deal with AI, the UK government called for an investigation into consumer AI. The US also has some plans here.

We interrupt this program to bring you breaking newsā€¦

Weā€™re giving away TWO year-long subscriptions to premium ChatGPT. ($120 value each!)

How to Win

Just share the contest with your friends and get people to join! Each referral gets you higher on the leaderboard. Good Luck!

Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

Leverage

Is Hollywood Scared of AI? šŸ˜°

šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø Whatā€™s Going On: The Writerā€™s Guide of America went on strike this week and are concerned in part about the use of AI by major studios. They demand that AI canā€™t write or rewrite literary material; canā€™t be used as source material; and MBA-covered [contract-covered] material canā€™t be used to train AI.ā€

If you want to learn more, check this out.

Jordanā€™s take on AI in Hollywood. Hear the full episode here.

Now that you know whatā€™s going on, hereā€™s how to leverage it

šŸ«µ Why It Matters To You: From ChatGPT, DALL-E, Runway and more, the strength of AI to create writing, images, and videos has improved significantly and now itā€™s coming for the jobs in Hollywood.  

Even if you donā€™t work in Hollywood, this might *greatly* impact the content you consume.

(Oh, and you can use these same tools/techniques that the Hollywood types are scared about to grow your own business or department)

šŸ‘€ Check this out: AI Generated Pizza Commercial (a little creepy, but cool šŸ˜‚)

How You Can Leverage: Hollywood may be in a tough spot right now, but thatā€™s not stopping you from taking advantage of these great tools. The ability for you or your business to create a full-on commercial, let alone a movie, with just a few tools is huge to save time and money while improving your marketing or services.

Behind The Scenes: Hereā€™s the software that Hollywood is using that you can too!

āœļø Writing: ChatGPT

šŸ“ø Images: Midjourney

šŸŽ„ Video: Runway ML

šŸ—£ļø Voice Over: Eleven Labs

šŸŽ¶ Music: SOUNDRAW AI Music

Befriend our bots

Totally kidding? Weā€™re (sometimes) human and on social media. Check it out. (Weā€™ll start posting soon, we promise)

Facebook icon
Twitter icon
YouTube icon
Instagram icon
Logo

Copyright (C) Want to change how you receive these emails?You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

Reply

or to participate.