Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool
Eliza McNitt, the director of the short film "Ancestra," defends the use of AI as a creative tool. McNitt used a combination of live-action footage and AI-generated media to tell a deeply personal story about her own traumatic birth. The film features a live-action performance that wrestles against the artificiality of AI imagery. While McNitt acknowledges the concerns around the use of AI tools, which can be seen as plagiaristic, she believes that it is up to each artist to decide how they want to use these tools and define the boundaries. McNitt also emphasizes the importance of having human beings at the center of the stories and the responsibility of companies to respect artists and not take advantage of copyrighted materials.
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