SMC Pod #211: Movies & AI

About this episode

Craig Hammill discusses the impact of AI on the movie industry and its historical context.

The AI disruption for movies is here. Poor movies, battered on the choppy seas of digital, streaming, COVID, and now AI, have yet another challenge to contend with. But we've been here before with sound, color, television, home video. In fact, if anything, the history of movies and the history of technological innovation and disruption are forever intertwined. And movies, at least so far, have found a way to innovate and to endure. Secret Movie Club founder.programmer Craig Hammill takes a look at where AI is in 2026 and what that may mean for cinema, movie jobs, and the art form going forward.

People in this episode

Host: Craig Hammill

Topics covered

• AI in film
• movie industry
• technological innovation
• cinema history
• future of movies

Keywords

• AI
• movies
• cinema
• technology
• disruption
• innovation
• film industry

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