Affleck: AI bubble could leave taxpayers bailing out Big Tech
Summary
On a podcast, the Artists Equity co-founder said he opposes efforts to 'take the human out of the loop' and questioned whether AI firms are becoming too big to fail.
"Ben Affleck said the artificial intelligence boom raises ""a real question around too big to fail,"" wondering aloud whether taxpayers would be left to rescue technology companies if the bubble bursts and promised productivity gains fail to arrive, The Playlist reported on October 20. He made the comments on the iHeart podcast The Moment, hosted by Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos.
""I think there are real energy concerns,"" Affleck said, adding that heavy reliance on AI could cause people to ""lose the opportunity to develop crucial critical thinking skills."" He said language models ""can sound very authoritative, but that doesn't make it right,"" and that he opposes efforts by some technology companies to ""take the human out of the loop.""
Affleck founded the AI filmmaking company InterPositive in 2022, and Netflix acquired it earlier this year for a reported $587 million, according to The Playlist. He has used AI tools on his directing project Animals, and has said his first encounter with generative AI left him alarmed."
