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Is Hollywood Scared of AI?

Is Hollywood Scared of AI?

Friday, May 5, 2023

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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 🤯

- Marvel director says AI movies are two years away 🎬

- A pizza commercial made by AI…what?! 🍕

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1. AI Will Soon Think On Its Own? -- The CEO of Google’s DeepMind says we’re ‘just a few years’ 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 “swift action to regulate AI” 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 it’s productivity app in order to “Bringing the power of generative AI in Slack to help you work smarter, learn faster, and communicate better.” Here’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.

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Leverage

Is Hollywood Scared of AI? 😰

🤷‍♂️ What’s Going On: The Writer’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 can’t write or rewrite literary material; can’t be used as source material; and MBA-covered [contract-covered] material can’t be used to train AI.”

If you want to learn more, check this out.

Jordan’s take on AI in Hollywood. Hear the full episode here.

Now that you know what’s going on, here’s how to leverage it

🫵 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 it’s coming for the jobs in Hollywood.

Even if you don’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)

👀 Check this out: AI Generated Pizza Commercial (a little creepy, but cool 😂)

How You Can Leverage: Hollywood may be in a tough spot right now, but that’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: Here’s the software that Hollywood is using that you can too!

✍️ Writing: ChatGPT

📸 Images: Midjourney

🎥 Video: Runway ML

🗣️ Voice Over: Eleven Labs

🎶 Music: SOUNDRAW AI Music