When you’re in an AI-hating contest and she shows up …
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The use of generative AI in artistic fields is apparently such shitty behavior to Hannah Einbinder that it makes her want to start giving swirlies. Per SlashFilm, Einbinder shared a pointed message directed at AI creators during a recent Hacks season-five press conference. “You are a loser,” she said. “You will never be cool. And you probably had a rolly backpack in high school. I wanna put your head in the toilet and flush.” Einbinder, who concluded her acceptance speech at last year’s Emmys by saying, “Go Birds, fuck ICE, and free Palestine,” didn’t sugarcoat her stance when she described people who generate AI content. She noted that she doesn’t consider them to be artists or creatives. “They’ve wanted their whole lives to be special. And they’re not special,” she said. “They’re trying to rob real creative people of our gifts. And you can’t. And even if you try, you will never be cool. You guys suck. No one likes you. Anyone who’s near you is because they crave power and access over any ethical standard.”
Hacks co-creator and co-showrunner Jen Statsky is also thinking about AI in this context. At the same press conference, she said that there is a “massive push by tech to optimize every part of our lives” but suggested that “the struggle” is part of what makes art and storytelling meaningful. “I wish that I believed that it was in better hands, but I don’t,” she added of the technology. “And until there’s guardrails put on, until there is some stoppage mechanism to make sure that we are protecting the humanity both in art and people’s livelihoods, it ain’t good.” Sounds like we don’t have to worry about any pro-AI story lines in the upcoming fifth and final season of Hacks.
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