Part 2: Will AI Depopulate Hollywood?

Part 2: Will AI Depopulate Hollywood?

From Is This Really a Thing? by UCF College of Business

August 28, 2023 · 29 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the potential impact of AI on Hollywood and the future of content creation.

Could Artificial Intelligence make Hollywood a ghost town? Reality TV, strikes and cyborgs, OH MY! Hollywood may be heading toward AI-generated content, and we all may already be living in a cyborg state … so was this episode AI-generated? This is part two of a two-part episode. Be sure to go back and listen to Part 1: Will the Hollywood Strike be an Extended Thing? Featured Guests David Luna, Ph.D. - UCF College of Business Robin Cowie - Phygital Experience Creator & Feature Filmmaker Cassandra "Cassi" Willard, J.D. - Instructor, Department of Management, UCF College of Business & Program Director, Blackstone LaunchPad at UCF Ray Eddy, Ph.D - Lecturer, Integrated Business, UCF College of Business Episode Transcription Actor Bryan Cranston speaking at a SAG-AFTRA strike rally in Times Square in New York City on July 25, 2023: Uh, we've got a message for Mr. Iger. I know, sir, that you look through things through a different lens. We don't expect you to understand who we are, but we ask you to hear us, and beyond that, to listen to us when we tell you we will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots. Paul Jarley: The real issue, Bryan, is whether the AI listens and…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Jarley

Guests: Robin Cowie, Cassandra Cassi Willard J D, David Luna Ph D, Ray Eddy Ph D

Topics covered

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Hollywood
  • Content Creation
  • Reality TV
  • Strikes

Keywords

  • AI-generated content
  • cyborg state
  • Hollywood strike

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Blair Witch Project

Places: Hollywood, Times Square, New York City

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