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But if you’re more interested in earning a dishonest buck, peso, pound, Euro, Dinar, Rail or other coin of the realm, you’re probably more interested in WormGPT and how to use it in your BEC (business email compromise attacks. The dark web and cybercrime sites/forums have complete details or do what we did … ask a cybersecurity expert about it and avoid anyone “following you home.” Don’t get us wrong. We’re not against AI. We’ve used it for years as we texted folks constantly on our phone as it anticipated our every thought and filled in words for us as we thumbed away. Well, yes, there was a follow-on message that translated the stuff we sent and then reviewed to see what it said compared to what we planned to say. But maybe the new iterations on this year’s refresh will be more closely attuned to us. The major hurdle in the AMPTP, WPA/SAG-AFTRA negotiations center is on the use of the various areas of creative content development/creation/distribution. The idea that the technology which can automate/simplify/diminish human skills will be disruptive and will threaten/impact certain segments more than others is very real. But it can’t be ignored because it is coming. Back in the 1800s, Ada Lovelace - considered the first computer programmer - equated computers to the Jacquard-loom and how textile workers smashed the new machines because they threatened their jobs. “Generative AI will be widely used in the creative industry in the years ahead, impacting some specialties/jobs a bit more than others,” he noted. “However,” he added, “it will also open up new opportunities for those same individuals to gain new experience/expertise and strengthen their value in the marketplace/industry too.” All of the entities in the industry have a responsibility to learn, understand, use the technology to enrich, enable, entertain humans rather than allow people and stories to atrophy. Some folks in the US we have talked to, look at the Electronics Hub study and similar reports on interest levels, applications and business opportunities and are delighted to see how little understanding or interest there is in the tools and are delighted in the apparent lack of interest. AI proponents and cheerleaders simply say, “Get on the train or get out of the way.” That approach doesn’t work with your dog, your cat or your kids. It’s not going to work with adults or semi-adults! AI has the potential of enhancing and enriching the workflow, workload and work product in the content creation (and every) industry, McLennan pointed out. It also presents a lot of risks including the wasting of the industry’s budgets – time/money. AI is progressing slowly, and it will take years, decades to progress from pockets of applications to broad usage and produce its potential benefits. Because right now, we don’t know what we don’t know. The script will be written as we move forward, stumble,