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SXSW Audiences Loudly Boo Festival Videos Touting the Virtues of AI
SXSW audiences all day booed a festival video (played Tuesday in front of screenings) featuring tech pundits touting their enthusiasm for AI.
Specifically, the film and TV fans catching screenings of world premieres including “The Fall Guy” and “Immaculate” made their AI displeasure loud and clear on Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. Those folks sure seem bullish on artificial intelligence, and the audiences at the Paramount — many of whom are likely writers and actors who just spent much of 2023 on the picket line trying to reign in the potentially destructive power of AI — decided to boo the video. Also appearing in the video: Futurist Amy Webb, CEO of the Future Today Institute and professor at NYU Stern School of Business, who gave her 2024 Emerging Tech Trend Report.
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