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You know that feeling you get when you\u2019re watching a movie and the scene is set in a location that should be crowded, yet feels strangely empty? It\u2019s occurring more often, and it\u2019s partly a result of higher production costs and tighter budgets. But don\u2019t worry, Netflix has a solution to stop that fleeting, inconsequential feeling: AI! A whopping 300 AI-\u201cenhanced\u201d titles, to be exact.<\/p>\n

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Co-CEO Ted Sarandos dropped his undeniable embrace of AI in a letter to shareholders before last week\u2019s earnings call. One example: Netflix\u2019s new docuseries, \u201cThe American Experiment,\u201d includes 17 minutes of AI-modified footage, including crowds and battle scenes. \u201cIt enabled us to expand the scope in ways that wouldn\u2019t have been feasible before,\u201d Sarandos said. \u201cThose 17 minutes were produced twice as fast, at half the cost.\u201d Never mind that countless PBS documentaries have had no trouble realistically depicting revolutionary-era America without AI; Netflix is innovating.<\/p>\n

\u201cProductions would\u2019ve left out those key shots because they wouldn\u2019t have been able to afford them; they wouldn\u2019t have been able to do them in the time frames they\u2019re working on,\u201d Sarandos continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s what happens when the content model is to pump out as much as possible, as fast as possible. Netflix can afford longer production timelines; they just don\u2019t want to pay up. I\u2019d rather see an empty-feeling shot than something filled out by AI \u2014 at least the material\u2019s quality could speak for itself. In an AI-adjusted version, everything is digitized to uncanny perfection. Is that really what viewers want, to not be able to discern reality, even with all its limitations?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asking is useless. Netflix doesn\u2019t care about their viewer. They don\u2019t care about the integrity of their product, or the art of television and filmmaking. What they care about is money and manipulation.<\/p>\n

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