‘Everyone Is Doing It’: The Truth About AI in Hollywood

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If you want a clear understanding of how AI is affecting Hollywood … good luck.

Some of the industry loathes the technology, with screenwriters, directors, and actors alike vowing never to use AI in their work—or collaborate with those who do. Others are much more open to the potential for AI to act as everything from creative partner to cost-cutting engine. And a rare few, Ben Affleck included, are already making millions by capitalizing on AI’s nascent potential to (they argue) streamline and improve the filmmaking process.

At WIRED, we’re constantly doing our best to document AI’s transformational effects on the entertainment business, for better and for worse. (If you haven’t read Ruth Fowler’s recent essayfor us, on going from a screenwriter to an underemployed LLM trainer, I highly recommend it.) But in an effort to get the most nuanced possible view, I wanted to talk to someone...

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