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Netflix touts $900k AI jobs amid Hollywood strikes (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] omgarm 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe they should have AI decide how long shows run and we'll get more than 1 season of half their catalogue.

[–] doublenut@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

....they do... that's the main reason you don't get more than 1 season.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

Just don't train the AI on Netflix shows.

[–] StalksEveryone@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, ai is just a word. Its not a living entity. It is a software tool. A complex tool that blurs the line between cut and paste, and brainstorming with everyone that has ever touched the internet.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I had a college professor that sumed it up pretty well. AI is the catch all term for non commercially viable technology projects. Once something becomes useful it gets rebranded.

Auto complete, adr, chat bots, voice to text, image detection, etc.

[–] Louise@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Joan is Awful