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05 | The year the world woke up to AI with a bang

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Actors guild president Fran Drescher, with other board members, announcing a Hollywood strike.(Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

2023 was the year powerful new AI technology went mainstream, with image generators and tools like ChatGPT.

And people quickly started wondering where these advances were taking them.

This is the story of 2023 in three chapters: the first contact, the backlash that followed, and the new reality.

It's the story of actors fighting back against plans to replace them with digital clones, writers suing AI companies for stealing their words, and students figuring out how to use their new magical writing tool.

Guests:

Steele Saunders, Melbourne-born, LA based podcaster, comedian and background actor

Anna*, background actor

Jane Friedman, US-based author and expert on the publishing industry

Students at Applecross Senior High School in Perth, Danny, Brody and others unnamed

Chrysoula, a Year 11 student

Eric*, a Year 12 student

* These guests have changed their names

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Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science
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