Donna Langley Says a Lot of Hollywood ‘Panic’ Around AI Was ‘A Bit Premature’

“We could be really scared of it and run for the hills, or we could embrace it,” the NBCUniversal chief said Tuesday at the CNBC Changemakers Summit

Donna Langley attends the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall. (Credit: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Donna Langley attends the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall. (Credit: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Donna Langley thinks the “panic” around AI use in film and TV production was a “bit premature,” and that Hollywood should “embrace” the technology, which she argued may “enable efficiency or just a better set of processes,” rather than “be really scared of it and run for the hills.”

While speaking at the CNBC Changemakers Summit, the NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios chairman took time in her keynote address to point out that AI provides more benefits than all the concerned parties are leading people to think. Langley envisioned AI as a powerful asset in the film and TV production toolbox.

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