Gabrielle Berbey
Appearances
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Mar-a-Lago makeover
She got an automatic follow from me because, bitch, we absolutely need a Regina George of the Democrats.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
A few weeks ago, Google dropped VO3, generative AI video, but now with generative AI sound to go with it. This is video from VO3.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Tom Hanks, the actor. Yes, Tom Hanks, the actor. My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
I mean, and let's talk about all those people for a moment here. Let's start with Tom Hanks, because one thing that really surprised me about your piece was that you asked Tom Hanks how he felt about the potential for AI to enable him to star in movies 100 years after his death. Yeah. And he was like, bring it on, right? Yeah.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Right, because not everyone is Tom Hanks. I mean, what did you learn about all the people in VFX or, you know, costumes or makeup or what have you that are terrified about what's about to happen to their industry?
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Joanna Stern is a personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal. She is not a filmmaker, but that didn't stop her from trying to harness all the latest AI tools to make a short film.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Read Devin Gordon's great piece on Hollywood and AI at nytimes.com. This episode was made by humans. Their names, Peter Balanon Rosen and Gabrielle Burbey. Amina Alsadi and Abishai Artsy. Patrick Boyd and Andrea Christensdottir. And I'm Sean Ramosverm. And here are some more humans who didn't work on today's show. Noel King.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Miranda Kennedy, Jolie Myers, Hadi Mawagdi, Miles Bryan, Victoria Chamberlain, Devin Schwartz, Denise Guerra. We use music by Breakmaster Cylinder and Laura Bullard is our senior researcher. Today Explained is distributed by WNYC. The show is a part of Vox. You can listen to this podcast ad-free by signing up for a membership at vox.com slash members.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Which is to say it just took like a massive jump, this technology, because it just feels a lot more real.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
But how are the reviews? A slotmonger's dream, says The Verge. It might actually take my job, says YouTuber Matthew Berman. The world is not ready, says Mashable. We're so cooked, says Mashable. thousands of people on social media. But are we? Maybe not. That's our take at Today Explained.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Tell people exactly how you made this short film. What exactly are you doing to make this? Because this isn't like shooting a little short film on your phone where you hit record, you capture some footage, then you edit it.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
When your video dropped, what did people think of it?
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Is that where there's like a more practical use for this technology right now?
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
You can watch Joanna Stern's short film at wsj.com or on YouTube where it's called, We Tested Google VO and Runway to Create This AI Film, It Was Wild. We're heading to Hollywood in a minute at Today Explained.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Devin Gordon wrote a big piece titled What If AI is Actually Good for Hollywood for the New York Times Magazine late last year. We asked him, how dare you? Here's what he had to say.
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AI Video Killed the Video Star
Everyone is using AI, but they're scared to admit it. It's the dirty little secret. AI is being used for scripting, for shooting and producing movies.