プロデューサーのキャスリーン・ケネディ氏は、AIの学習と利用に関する透明性を高めることが、クリエイティブ業界におけるAI導入を加速させると述べた。ニューヨーク市で開催されたRunway AIサミットで登壇した同氏は、自身をテクノロジー楽観主義者であり、かつ伝統主義者であると語った。ケネディ氏は、制作計画におけるAIの有用性を強調しつつ、センスや感情的なストーリーテリングといった人間的要素の重要性にも言及した。
長年ルーカスフィルムの社長を務め、制作に専念するため今年初めに退任したキャスリーン・ケネディ氏は、ニューヨークで開催されたRunway AIサミットの質疑応答で、AIに対する疑念について見解を語った。同氏は、Runwayの共同創設者兼共同CEOであるクリストバル・バレンズエラ氏と対談した。ケネディ氏は「クリエイティブ業界の多くの人々は、本質的にAIを疑っています…今、議論において欠けているのは透明性です」と述べた。また、言語モデルの学習やツールの導入に関するオープンな姿勢こそが、理解と実験を促進するだろうと語った。
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