Cate Blanchett Fears AI Will Be “Incredibly Destructive” To Entertainment Industry: “Deeply Concerned (1 Viewer)

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With artificial intelligence on the rise, Cate Blanchett fears it poses a threat beyond just Hollywood.

The 2x Oscar winner recently admitted she’s “deeply concerned” about the impact AI will have on the entertainment industry, as well as the rest of the world, with the potential to “totally replace anyone.”

“It’s a very public-facing industry we’re in, and I think the discussions around AI were not mainstreamed until the writers’ strike, really brought into the public discourse,” she told Bbc. “So, I think it’s very real.”

Blanchett added of AI, “I just look at these things and think, ‘I don’t really know what it’s bringing anybody.’ Sometimes, it’s just experimentation for its own sake, which is creativity when you look at it one way. But then it’s also incredibly destructive, which of course, is the other side of creativity.”

The Borderlands actress noted that AI “can totally replace anyone” onscreen, but her concern with the technology goes beyond its impact on Hollywood.

“I’m less concerned with my job prospects than I am concerned with the impact it’s going to have on the average person, on old-age pensioners, on people who are already working three jobs to try and be [above] the poverty line,” explained Blanchett. “That’s my concern; I’m worried about us as a species, it’s a much bigger problem.”

Blanchett said much of the technology is “absolutely pointless,” comparing the reality to her new horror comedy Rumours, about world leaders getting lost in the woods during the G7 summit and getting terrorized by zombies.

“You see these Tesla robots, and you think our film looks like a kind of sweet little documentary compared to what’s going on in the world,” said Blanchett.

Source: https://deadline.com/2024/11/cate-b...estructive-entertainment-industry-1236190351/

 

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I think there is a lot to unpack on the front of AI.

Without getting into the details, a lot of folks are rightfully concerned that they’re going to get replaced - not by better replacements, not even by replacements up to the standard, but the great race to the bottom for the cheapest acceptable alternative. This fear goes across many, many industries but do notice that it’s never the execs that fear replacement.

The other major concern really is the focus of it: automation should replace the tedious stuff that humans get wrong, and should replace the stuff that is boring so humans can be free to do the stuff that really needs a human to do it.

As in, we used to think the machines would come to save us from housework so we’d have time to be creative, but they’re coming to save us from being creative so we have time to do housework. Which isn’t really what anyone wants.