Ben Affleck Defends AI in Hollywood After $587 Million Netflix Startup Sale
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 2
Ben Affleck Defends AI in Hollywood After $587 Million Netflix Startup Sale
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 2
Summary
$587 million Netflix buyer Ben Affleck said AI is already helping filmmakers and will be “additive,” not a force that takes over Hollywood.
At Bloomberg’s Screentime summit in Los Angeles, he pushed back on “propaganda” and criticism that Netflix bought his startup InterPositive to use AI for harmful cost-cutting or anti-artist aims.
Affleck said directors become more comfortable once they see practical uses such as changing backgrounds, and argued current film use has not reduced crews—“more people,” technically, are being employed.
He also disclosed he used AI for “lots of things” on his upcoming Netflix thriller “Animals,” while saying his bigger AI worries lie outside Hollywood, including a 30% rise in college A grades.