Hollywood cozied up to AI in 2025 and had nothing good to show for it
- Hollywood’s adoption of AI in 2025 was marked by a lack of impressive results.
- The entertainment industry has been using generative AI for various post-production processes, such as de-aging actors and removing green screen backgrounds.
- AI has been a useful tool for human artists to automate tedious labor, but its limitations were apparent in 2025.
- A new type of gen AI that can create text-to-video content was deployed, but the quality was deemed “slop” by critics.
- The Verge article suggests that Hollywood’s enthusiasm for AI may have been misplaced, with little to show for it in terms of innovative storytelling or artistic expression.
AI isn’t new to Hollywood – but this was the year when it really made its presence felt. For years now, the entertainment industry has used different kinds of generative AI products for a variety of post-production processes ranging from de-aging actors to removing green screen backgrounds. In many instances, the technology has been a useful tool for human artists tasked with tedious and painstaking labor that might have otherwise taken them inordinate amounts of time to complete. But in 2025, Hollywood really began warming to the idea of deploying the kind of gen AI that’s really only good for conjuring up text-to-video slop that doesn’t ha …
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Q. When did Hollywood start using AI?
A. In 2025.
Q. What kind of AI products were used by Hollywood before 2025?
A. Different kinds of generative AI products for post-production processes such as de-aging actors and removing green screen backgrounds.
Q. How has the use of AI in Hollywood changed since 2025?
A. The industry began warming up to deploying gen AI that’s only good for conjuring up text-to-video slop.
Q. What kind of labor did human artists previously have to complete with the help of AI?
A. Tedious and painstaking tasks that would have taken them a long time to complete.
Q. Why was AI useful in Hollywood before 2025?
A. It was a useful tool for completing tedious and time-consuming tasks.
Q. What is the main issue with gen AI used by Hollywood in 2025?
A. The technology is only good for conjuring up low-quality, text-to-video slop.
Q. Where can you read more about this topic?
A. The Verge (link provided)
Q. When did the use of AI in Hollywood become a significant issue?
A. In 2025.