Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Says AI Won’t ‘Write a Better Screenplay Than a Great Writer’ or ‘Take Your Job,’ but Someone ‘Who Uses AI Well’ Just Might
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos isn’t getting too worried about the rise of artificial intelligence in Hollywood.
During a recent interview with The New York Times, Sarandos said he doubts AI platforms will ever replace Hollywood professions such as screenwriters. “I have more faith in humans than that.
I really do. I don’t believe that an AI program is going to write a better screenplay than a great writer, or is going to replace a great performance, or that we won’t be able to tell the difference,” Sarandos said. “AI is not going to take your job.
The person who uses AI well might take your job.” Sarandos elaborated on the topic by calling AI a “natural kind of advancement of things that are happening in the creative space today, anyway.” “Volume stages did not displace on-location shooting,” he said. “Writers, directors, editors will use AI as a tool to do their jobs better and to do things more efficiently and more effectively.
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