Move aside Ben Affleck, Adobe’s former product chief is also musing on how AI will impact human jobs:
“We must cultivate our sources of taste, override the ancestral ‘logic’ that has restrained us since the dawn of humanity, and learn to be jazz partners with thinking technologies.”
Uh, sure, Belsky. How did those NFT predictions turn out?
In a Joe Rogan interview on Friday, Affleck spoke for several minutes about how he believes generative AI will (or won’t) impact creative industries, saying it’s “going to be a tool, just like visual effects.”
”I don’t think it’s very likely that it’s gonna be able to write anything meaningful, or that it’s going to be making movies from whole cloth, like Tilly Norwood. That’s bullshit.”
A content deal has reportedly been struck that will see the BBC producing original shows for YouTube, giving the UK broadcaster access to younger audiences and advertising revenue overseas — something it desperately needs to bolster ad-free funding at home. The deal could be announced next week.
[Financial Times]
Two individuals who were driving dump trucks to the construction site in Richland Parish, Louisiana, were arrested on Wednesday. Local law enforcement says ICE “did not enter the Meta site at any time,” but told Bloomberg that agents were sweeping for identification of workers en route to the site.
