Intelligent Machines 873: Superman's Mustache

Intelligent Machines 873: Superman's Mustache

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June 4, 2026 · 2h 31m

About this episode

This episode explores the transformative effects of AI on the movie industry and related sectors.

AI is upending the movie business, from Amazon's new AI Creators Fund to contract battles that just gave synthetic actors the green light in Hollywood. This episode dives into the real-world impact of generative tools on jobs, creativity, and who gets to tell the next generation of stories. AThis is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark Anthropic has officially filed to go public Google Seeks $80 Billion for AI Buildout; Berkshire Will Buy $10 Billion Stake Amazon's AI jackpot: Its $8 billion Anthropic holdings are now worth $74 billion Taking a trip this summer? Beware. These travel scams are now turbocharged by AI Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models AI info visualization -- click on anything for more cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max: The AI coding agent that runs on stolen Chipotle compute 🌯 Fork of OpenCode with Pepper AI as default model. Community project to add providers from Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Starbucks & more. wander 'The CGI would have cost millions. I spent $2,000.' Is Dreams of Violets AI slop – or the future of film-making? Hell Grind trailer Martin…

People in this episode

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Mike Elgan

Guest: Robert Tercek

Topics covered

  • AI in film
  • generative tools
  • Hollywood
  • synthetic actors
  • travel scams
  • AI impact on jobs
  • creativity

Keywords

  • AI
  • movie business
  • generative tools
  • synthetic actors
  • travel scams
  • Hollywood
  • contract battles
  • Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra
  • Anthropic
  • Martin Scorsese

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Berkshire, Anthropic, Chipotle, Reddit

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