Sources in Hollywood and Silicon Valley discuss AI's impact: creatives view AI as an existential threat, studios see a cost saver, and both sides need a deal
Adam Conover started to worry a few months ago that a computer could take his job. A comedian in Los Angeles … Twitter: @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw See also Mediagazer Twitter: Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw : Just a few months ago, no one in Hollywood was too worried about AI. Now it's become a key part of the industry's biggest labor strife in six decades. I wrote about the promise and peril of AI for the entertainment business in the latest @businessweek https://www.bloomberg.com/... Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw : Some say AI is an existential threat. Others say it is overhyped. Reality is likely somewhere in between. It is a tool that will be used by everyone. And the industry — like all industries — needs to figure out how to use the tool in a way where everyone benefits equally. See also Mediagazer