Producer Kathleen Kennedy stated that greater transparency around AI training and use would accelerate its adoption in the creative community. Speaking at the Runway AI Summit in New York City, she described herself as both a tech optimist and a traditionalist. Kennedy highlighted AI's utility in production planning while emphasizing human elements like taste and emotional storytelling.
Kathleen Kennedy, longtime Lucasfilm president who stepped down earlier this year to focus on producing, addressed suspicions about AI during a Q&A at the Runway AI Summit in NYC. She spoke with Cristóbal Valenzuela, Runway’s co-founder and co-CEO. “Many in the creative community are inherently suspicious of AI... what’s missing in the discussion right now is transparency,” Kennedy said. She noted that openness about language model training and tool deployment would foster understanding and experimentation.