The Alan Smithee Round Table (“We’re All Learning How To Manage AI”)

Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment tech and beyond. In this episode, the team discuss the 2024 Rates Survey, the various partnerships pushing AI development and, the kinds of jobs AI might help or hinder. And as always, there’s a bunch of really cool things for us post production people to get excited about.  Show notes Rates survey 2024! www.postproductiondata.com  Lionsgate RunwayML partnership https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lionsgate-deal-ai-firm-runway-1236005554/ James Cameron joined Stability AI board https://stability.ai/news/james-cameron-joins-stability-ai-board-of-directors An interesting lawsuit: a “professional troll” suing to claim that political deepfakes are free speechhttps://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/california-anti-deepfake-laws-target-of-free-speech-lawsuit   California - 3 measures signed by Gov Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/17/governor-newsom-signs-bills-to-combat-deepfake-election-content/ More layoffs at Paramount and Disney this month, affecting folks in corporate and streaming. https://deadline.com/2024/09/disney-layoffs-corporate-1236099769/https://deadline.com/2024/09/paramount-global-layoffs-2-1236097329/ Michael news: https://postperspective.com/michael-kammes-rejoins-key-code-media-as-sr-director-of-innovation/ New 5 THINGS https://5thingsseries.com/episode/the-truth-about-video-editing-software-in-hollywood-7-year-update/ Review: iPhone 16 Pro Max https://www.provideocoalition.com/review-iphone-16-pro-max/ 28 Years Later: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15 https://www.wired.com/story/28-years-later-danny-boyles-new-zombie-flick-was-shot-on-an-iphone-15/ https://www.productionhub.com/video/90836/avid-showcases-innovations-at-ibc-2024-to-drive-efficient-collaborative-and-open-media-production-workflows https://www.provideocoalition.com/adobe-premiere-pro-is-getting-a-big-color-managment-update-among-other-features/ Katie:  https://editingtools.io/ also, the poster: https://5253154.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/5253154/poster-PRINT-SMALL.png?__hstc=52635383.e9b7ffd8d415ec13e807c232757a7ebd.1726520620995.1726520620995.1726520620995.1&__hssc=52635383.1.1726520620995&__hsfp=3801953514&hsCtaTracking=b2f70a6a-4c74-4f5e-983a-3bd04d8b9585%7C27966497-0655-499f-a831-965c89c157f3 Michael:  Background Remover (FX Factory)  https://fxfactory.com/info/backgroundremover/ Autoscript Voice - AI controlled teleprompter https://autoscript.tv/voice/ Scott: https://www.flowvoice.ai/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artofthecut/support