How is Hollywood using AI to get rid of excessive f-words? We're going to find out an interview with Thomas Macaulay of TNW, who recently wrote a story about a British film director who ended up being an AI startup co-founder.

0:00 Intro

02:15 Hollywood and computational creativity

03:43 The story of Flawless

05:40 How do you remove the f-word without re-filming?

08:01 Solving the dubbing issue

09:30 A sidebar on film dubbing in Ukraine in the 1990s

11:40 Why AI is a sensitive subject in Hollywood

13:15 An example of Flawless' tech

13:55 How did you find this story?

14:30 The actors' reaction to the product

17:11 The dangers of AI video generation

18:25 What the rise of generative AI means for journalists?

21:10 The journalistic process of Thomas Macaulay

24:40 It's a wrap!

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

- Inside the AI startup refining Hollywood — one f-bomb at a time: https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-startup-flawless-edits-hollywood-movies-dubbing-actors

- Flawless: https://www.flawlessai.com/

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