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So, Emily, when you first started reporting on AI in Hollywood, what did you know about it? You know, I'd heard all the doomsday stuff, the labor

concerns, the copyright concerns. And at a certain point in my reporting, I just realized that I

hadn't actually talked to anyone who really liked or had let alone used AI and filmmaking. And I really wanted to.

This is my colleague, Emily Garron, who's been looking into how AI in Hollywood is actually being used.

Was it hard to find people who loved it? I was anticipating it would be difficult

because I had interviewed this reporter, Devin Gordon, who writes for the New York Times

magazine. And he told me that all these people would cancel on him. Like people he wanted to

talk to because they used AI at the last minute would get cold feet or their publicists would be

like, no way.

You can't talk to the New York Times Magazine about this.

So I was surprised when I reached out to these two filmmakers who both use AI in really different ways.

And they were both down to talk.

For a lot of people in Hollywood, AI is an existential threat.

So now you have stolen from me and you are looking to deprive me of my ability to, you know, pay my mortgage, feed my kid.

But for a smaller, quieter group, AI is an incredible tool that can bring costs down, help movies get made faster, and open doors for new voices.

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