A Defiant Charlie Kaufman Talks WGA Strike and Losing ‘an Essential, Primal Part of Human Experience’ to AI
Charlie Kaufman warns that AI is the "end of creativity for human beings" and emphasizes the importance of human-to-human connection in art.
Posted 8/22/2023, 4:00:00 PM
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