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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The Future of Music

I think it's interesting because right now, AI is not capable of doing very much with like an actor's likeness and creating something compelling or that's worth anything of real value. So I don't blame the actors and the writers for fighting tooth and nail over this stuff just as a precaution on where things might be five or 10 years from now. The studios are looking at this and saying long term this may not be where we need to draw a line. But part of that is because they definitely are going to drive a much harder bargain in other areas.

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