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The Capability Maturity Model for AI in Design
Matt Davey, who is Chief Experience Officer at 1Password, created a useful capability maturity model for AI in design. His original model has 5 levels (Limited, Reactive, Developing, Embedded, and Leading), each of which differs along 6 characteristics (Leadership on AI, Strategy & Budgeting, AI Culture & Talent, AI Learning & Enablement, AI Agents & Automation, and AI Product Design). Thus, the model covers both the use of AI within the design process and the use of AI in the resulting product. I recommend you read the full thing, but here is a summary of Davey’s 5 capability maturity levels for AI in design.
As discussed below, I added Maturity Level 6, Symbiotic, for a more complete capability maturity ladder.
For a summary of this article, watch my short overview explainer video (YouTube, 6 min.). — Read More
Netflix Acquires AI Filmmaking Start-Up Founded by Ben Affleck
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.
… While Netflix historically is more often a builder than a buyer, the company said it saw Affleck’s InterPositive as providing a unique set of AI tools that “keeps filmmakers at the center of the process.” — Read More
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On This Day… 1776
On This Day… 1776 is Darren Aronofsky’s short-form series focusing on key moments from that revolutionary year. The fact-based short films use a “combination of traditional filmmaking tools and emerging AI capabilities,” SAG voice actors and AI visuals, to dramatize scenes from the year’s most pivotal moments. The series draws on Aronofsky’s Primordial Soup’s partnership with Google DeepMind having each episode drop on the 250th anniversary of the event it depicts. — Read More
An AI “tsunami” is coming for Hollywood — here’s how artists are responding
In 2016, the legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki was shown a bizarre AI-generated video of a misshapen human body crawling across a floor.
Miyazaki declared himself “utterly disgusted” by the technology demo, which he considered an “insult to life itself.”
“If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it,” Miyazaki said. “I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”
Many fans interpreted Miyazaki’s remarks as rejecting AI-generated video in general.
… But as these models have improved, they have sped up workflows and afforded new opportunities for artistic expression. Artists without AI expertise might soon find themselves losing work. — Read More
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AI Slop Report: The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos
Kapwing’s new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos. But which countries and channels are achieving the greatest reach — and how much money might they make? We analyzed social data to find out.
As the debate over the creative and ethical value of using AI to generate video rages on, users are getting interesting results out of the machine, and artist-led AI content is gaining respect in some areas. Top film schools now offer courses on the use and ethics of AI in film production, and the world’s best-known brands are utilizing AI in their creative process — albeit with mixed results.
Sadly, others are gaming the novelty of AI’s prompt-and-go content, using these engines to churn out vast quantities of AI “slop” — the “spam” of the video-first age. — Read More
Disney’s OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year — then it’s open season
Disney’s three-year licensing partnership with OpenAI includes just one of exclusivity, Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC. The company signed the partnership with OpenAI last week that will bring its iconic characters to the AI firm’s Sora video generator. Once that exclusive year is up, Disney is free to sign similar deals with other AI companies.
The deal gives OpenAI a high-profile content partner, allowing users to draw on more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars to create content on Sora. For now, it’s the only AI platform that’s legally permitted to do so. — Read More
The Looming Existential Crisis of AI
… [AI] is not a flood, and it’s not even a tsunami. It’s a landslide, and it will not recede.
I have come to two conclusions. First, no matter how great or terrible you think AI may be, engagement is not an option. You will adapt or you will die. How quickly or how slowly is anyone’s guess. This conclusion came through an experience, one I will describe below.
Second, AI will not destroy us. Instead, we will destroy ourselves, as we give up our minds, our agency, and our social institutions to AI control.
The future is not Orwellian; it is Huxleyan. — Read More
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