Paramount's David Ellison Calls AI the Biggest Creative Unlock in Modern History
On Paramount Skydance's earnings call, CEO David Ellison told investors AI "really has the potential to be the biggest creative unlock in modern history." He compared it to the arrival of CGI in the early '90s, the tech behind Jurassic Park and Terminator 2, and said it's "hard to imagine" AI won't hit harder.
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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison used his company's latest earnings call to make a big bet on AI. Asked about the studio's outlook on the technology, Ellison said it could be the biggest creative unlock in modern history, according to The Verge. He added that it's hard to imagine AI won't have a more significant impact on film than CGI did.
Ellison reached back to the early 1990s for his comparison, pointing to the advent of CGI and digital composites. That technology, he said, gave birth to films like Jurassic Park and Terminator 2. In his framing, AI is the next shift of that size, and likely a bigger one.
The comments came during the earnings call's Q&A, in response to a question about how the company views AI. Ellison's answer put him among the studio chiefs openly embracing the tech rather than treating it as a threat to production.
TopicsDavid Ellison · Paramount Skydance · Paramount · Jurassic Park · Terminator 2 · CGI · The Verge
Source: theverge.com
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