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Netflix chief Ted Saranados says AI will never replace human filmmakers. “There’s something about the authenticity and the reality of human experience that people see, and they can also see when it’s inauthentic.”

Deadline has an exclusive excerpt from Literally! with Rob Lowe, where Ted Sarandos talks about AI in Hollywood

Though it seems like everyone is talking about AI at this point, Sarandos and many of his studio CEO counterparts have remained fairly quiet on the subject thus far, especially as it became one of the chief concerns of the Hollywood guilds. The unions both insisted on provisions in their film and TV contracts to protect members against the use of AI, which was one of several road blocks that would eventually prompt two simultaneous 100+ day strikes. These unions have not released specific patterns of demands, though IATSE President Matthew Loeb previously said AI would be “crucial” to the discussions.

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