Elizabeth Stone: belief

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…I think people are going to be surprised by just how good AI content is. Spencer Pratt's videos are just like... everyone's like, wow, this is entertaining. Obviously, AI, but it's so interesting. Do you think we'll get to a place where just whole TV shows are AI and people love it? I have a hard time picturing entertainment that doesn't have humans at the heart of it. So, that's humans in the creation of the storytelling, which I think is a scarce and valuable skill. Storytelling is one and the same with humanity and knowing what connects with people. So, I think humans will always be a core part or a critical part of the story. And I think watching characters on screen who don't have that humanity feels less compelling to me. And what the power of storytelling really is, to see another human and to watch how they perform a role or bring an emotion to life, that's such a human element. Will AI help to bring that to life? Will it play a material part in some of those productions or how we get them to look and feel a certain way? Yeah, definitely. But I don't see the version of it that doesn't have the human as the backbone. There's a quote that I think is misattributed to Salman Rushdie, which is, "When a child is born, they first ask for food and water and protection and then they ask for, tell me a story."…

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