Ron Howard Says AI Will Help Storytellers and Believes Jim Henson Would Have Embraced It
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Steven Zeitchik
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Summary
Ron Howard expresses optimism about AI's potential to help storytellers efficiently bring their ideas to life, comparing it to how Jim Henson would have embraced the technology. Speaking at the Runway AI Film Festival, Howard argues that despite unresolved issues, the creative possibilities of AI are appealing and that filmmakers will ultimately want to use it.
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There are so many facts yet to be sorted out.
We will want it.
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