I watched this film last night and it was so difficult for me to get through, not because it was lacking in any way, but because it was hyper-relatable. The job market is abysmal and AI just may be the culprit. Those applying for jobs utilizing it to "craft" their resumes and cover letters, while the companies hiring use it to choose the most "fitting" candidate. Mass unemployment leading to a competitive job market where the applicant to job ratio is beyond stupid and the plaguing desperation that comes with it. AI galvanizing the gap between employers and employees and the dehumanization as a result of entitlement.
I couldn't help but think about how AI is affecting music. Musicians are having their "likeness" and their catalogs sifted and gleaned to combine into one "entity" at the touch of a stroke. Decades of experiences and experience truncated into a prompt. I think Kehlani was able to articulate this issue perfectly in this interview:
The problem with AI is that, it's not something that's going away, it's something that's getting stronger by the nanosecond. Now, that can be a good thing if implemented in a just way, but much like interview panel in the film, profit is the bottom line and greed the connective fibre. I used to declare, "Use AI, don't let it use you," thinking it was a witty quip. I'm starting to grasp the futility of this thought, and starting to see that this is probably the way those in control want you to think because, ultimately, we have no other choice.
Check out Park Chan-Wook's "No Other Choice." It's a great film that was shot beautifully.
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