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In a World Run by Algorithms, Hollywood Fights for Its Soul

We talk about the rapidly growing use of A.I. in filmmaking and the impacts that's having on audiences, industry professionals and an artform built on human storytelling.
Rachael Myrow
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 12: A sign reads 'Human Writers Only!' as striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) workers picket outside Paramount Studios on July 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Members of SAG-AFTRA, which represents actors and other media professionals, may go on strike by 11:59 p.m. today which could shut down Hollywood productions completely with the writers in the third month of their strike against Hollywood studios. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Airdate: Tuesday, June 16 at 10 AM

It’s no longer news that Hollywood studios are using artificial intelligence in editing, animation, visual effects and more. But last week “Dreams of Violets,” a new film about protests in Iran, became the first fully AI-generated live-action feature to screen at Tribeca and is a project that journalist Steven Zeitchik says the industry is watching nervously. We talk about the rapidly growing use of A.I. in filmmaking and the impacts that’s having on audiences, industry professionals and an artform built on human storytelling.

Guests:

Steven Zeitchik, senior editor for technology and politics, Hollywood Reporter; author, "Mind and Iron," a humanist newsletter about our AI future

Peter Murrieta, executive producer, showrunner and writer; secretary-treasurer, Writers Guild of America West

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