AI slop is coming for Hollywood. Some of it is already better.
AI video tools are getting better fast, giving Hollywood cheaper production -- and a flood of new competition.
The sketch aired on NBC's Saturday Night Live last weekend mocked Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, while a day earlier, an AI-generated music video took a similar jab featuring a fake Amodei singing "Hit the Breaks Except for Me." Created with AI tool Slopcannon, the music video needed only an audio file, a few images, and an idea. In contrast, SNL required a team of professional writers, actors, and a major TV studio to produce their sketch.
This highlights the potential future of entertainment, where AI could help studios create films and TV shows faster and cheaper, but also allows individuals to produce content more easily, increasing competition for viewers' attention. However, the quality of many AI-generated videos is still poor, despite the gap closing as technology advances.
DreamWorks cofounder Jeffrey Katzenberg believes Hollywood should embrace AI, as it did with other new technologies in the past, resulting in more films being made, more risks being taken, and new forms of storytelling emerging.
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