Ben Croll The challenges, opportunities, and above all anxieties wrought by the ongoing AI revolution were on just about everyone’s mind at a business panel held at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival this week, and which kicked off with a tone-setting disclaimer. “We do not have the answers,” said moderator Mathilde Fiquet, who is secretary general of the European Audiovisual Production Association (CEPI). “So I think we’re all going to leave with more questions than answers, but we really need to have these discussions.” “I haven’t spoken to a writer or director who isn’t absolutely terrified right now,” added Frank Spotnitz, the one-time “The X-Files” writer and “The Man in the High Castle” showrunner. “But being against AI [right now] would have been like being against automobiles or airplanes or the internet.
It’s pointless; AI is coming.” With that stipulation in mind, Spotnitz – whose more recent credits include “Leonardo” and “Medici” – admitted his own pessimism, at least in the near-term, given AI’s ability to replace human costs with algorithmic outputs.
Arguing in favor of regulations that would neither limit AI capacities nor cleave human creativity from economic potential, Spotnitz linked AI concerns to those of the ongoing writers strike.
In both cases, creators needed greater legal protections, if not full-on authorial copyrights, as is the case in France. “We need to think about our moral and ethical values, and how to translate them into law,” said Spotnitz, who recognized that an AI produced “X-Files” would be totally legal so long as it was sanctioned by the copyright holder. “That why one of the demands in the Writers Guild negotiation is to please not use our work [in such a way].
Read more on variety.com
Get the latest stars news and celebrity rumours with exclusive stories, photos, videos and interviews.
Breaking up, scandals, engagements, divorces, gossip – all you need to know about the private lives of your favorite celebs.
Get to know the latest showbiz news along with exclusive interviews and even more. All this is waiting for you on the main page 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Who, where, when, with whom, how, why and for what!? Stay tuned to know first!
Just follow us daily and we will provide you with the current news from the life of famous stars and celebrities.
Owner: SNOWLAND s.r.o.
Registration certificate 06691200
Address:
Snowland s.r.o.
16200, Na okraji 381/41, Veleslavín, 162 00 Praha 6
Czech Republic
©2024. All rights reserved.