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AI Is Becoming All Too Real on TV

The Hollywood Reporter·Daniel Fienberg·about 1 month ago
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Spring TV has been awash in artificial intelligence .  No, not the utilization of AI , but the inclusion of AI as a plot device, as fear of the burgeoning technology has made its way from the subconscious of paranoid writers to the screens of differently paranoid viewers.  Not surprisingly for shows written in the aftermath of the dual industry strikes in which concern about AI’s encroachment into the creative process was a key point of dispute, AI needs to get its publicist on the phone because these aren’t the headlines it needs. On  The Pitt , HBO Max’s Emmy-winning drama about good doctors doing good work under the most trying of circumstances, Sepideh Moafi’s Dr. Al-Hashimi was introduced as a contrast to Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robinavitch. Ultimately, she wasn’t presented as an adversary, but Dr. Al-Hashimi’s dedication to AI innovation in medicine has consistently run afoul of the show’s deeply humanist ethos. Although Dr.…

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