Posted 3/14/2024, 3:29:00 PM
SXSW Audience Boos AI Promo Reel Featuring Kara Swisher's Praise Amid Job Loss Fears
- Audience at SXSW booed AI sizzle reel featuring Kara Swisher and others effusively praising AI
- Reel shown before rom-com premiere told audience to "stop resisting" AI and leverage it instead
- Swisher said every company will use AI to become more efficient
- Audience likely included writers/actors worried about AI's destructive power after picketing over it
- People more likely to lose than gain jobs from AI less enthusiastic about "AI revolution"