Unless you’ve been living off grid, desperately clutching onto your cassette Walkman and only communicating with the outer world via carrier pigeon, you’ve likely encountered an AI generated video or two.
Three years ago, they were laughable.
I invite you to cast your memory (and your search engine’s) back to Will Smith eating spaghetti, à la 2023. I’ll wait…
Ridiculous, right?
Fast forward to today, and things are getting really, really, realistic.
But people have moved beyond simply using AI to generate content of A-listers eating carbs.
There are now full feature length films and TV series being generated using entirely AI. And many of them have found a home on Roku’s new 24/7 AI streaming platform: Fairground AI. The channel launched in the US last month, and the reviews have been nothing short of scathing.
But this story isn’t about whether or not AI will generate quality, believable content.
It’s about what happens when it inevitably does.
Listen to Tuesday’s episode about AI on AFTRS FM to find out.
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