Martin Scorsese Joins AI Firm Black Forest Labs as Adviser, Signaling Shift in Hollywood's AI Stance
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Corbin Bolies
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Summary
Martin Scorsese, the 83-year-old Oscar-winning director, has joined German AI firm Black Forest Labs as an adviser, marking a significant moment in Hollywood's relationship with AI. While Scorsese is using AI primarily for limited storyboarding purposes (not full filmmaking), his endorsement signals a potential paradigm shift in how the film industry may accept AI tools. The article explores five key takeaways about what this means for the future of filmmaking, including the tension between AI adoption and traditional craftsmanship, the potential for AI in pre-production and visual effects, and the broader implications for Hollywood's creative workforce.
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· 3 pulledCinema is a young medium, only around 125 years old, so we have to be open to h
Scorsese is the highest-profile filmmaker to embrace the technology roiling many of his Hollywood peers
Could the next 'Goodfellas' be fully made with AI? Or perhaps the next 'Wolf of Wall Street'? Martin Scorsese likely wouldn't do that — yet.
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