Hollywood has gone through this before with streaming and it lost. When Netflix first started, Hollywood studios were willing to license their content. But as soon as they realized Netflix was threatening their future, they tried to resist by withholding their licenses. Netflix won by investing heavily in original productions and creating its own content.

Now it’s happening again with AI. A similar pattern is emerging. AI companies will start producing their own content and bypass Hollywood altogether. From what I hear, there are always screenplays available for purchase, so AI companies can simply buy what they need. These firms will learn new ways to create movies and ultimately come out ahead. Hollywood has no choice they better embrace AI now or wait until they are falling behind when they will have do it anyways.

It sucks but I think embracing AI is what all industries have to do. There is no choice.