They have become enamored with sound bytes and press releases rather than the technology and moral/ethical use of AI.
I’ve been doing some writing on a project. I ran what I wrote through chatGPT and it did a very good job of cleaning it up for me. More clarity and more concise. I still had to go back in and re-edit its edits. It was a good tool, though. And editing is always a long process so it was helpful. It couldn’t decide what to write about - that’s the clients job - but once started it can help.
That said, AI will very soon create entire movies. Look up Sora AI. It may not be perfect but it will get better. It will require humans for a while longer. Human prompts. But it might get to where it learns what people like to watch and generate a film on its own. Just needs enough computing power to crunch all the information.
“… it’s a “smart as a PhD…”
I’ve known some very dumb PhDs.
Presumably, higher degree = higher IQ. But, she is probably a diversity hire.
And, a PhD in gender studies => just plain stupid.
You are onto it.
Looky here: “making it more accessible to a broader range of individuals who might not have had the resources or training to pursue their creative aspirations in the past”
If it’s the AI doing the creation, it won’t be the “individual’s” work anyhow. AI is an ok brainstorming partner, but its native creativity is pretty lame, in my experience. Above all, if engineers and PhDs are doing the AI training, by definition, the result is not going to be wildly inventive, unless it is coding or designing bridges. Quentin Tarantino and Gillian Flynn need not panic, I assure you.