Source: The Verge
Summary
Ben Affleck’s production company, Artists Equity, has partnered with a new AI-powered content studio called Air. The studio uses AI to generate content, but Affleck emphasizes the importance of human judgment in the creative process. According to Affleck, the goal is to “preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgment.”
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The launch follows a familiar script.
Air studio promises to revolutionize content creation with AI, but Affleck’s emphasis on human judgment sounds like a familiar caveat. The studio’s use of AI is meant to “augment” human creativity, not replace it. Because we’ve never heard that before. The partnership with Artists Equity is meant to bring more “sophisticated” content to the table. Affleck’s quote about preserving human judgment in storytelling is a nice touch, but it’s hard not to wonder if that’s just a marketing line.
Author: Evan Null
