I keep thinking about how Daniel Kwan closed the conversation, billed as a talk centered on the question “can human storytelling survive the algorithm?” Kwan said that to learn more about AI is “to basically have to say goodbye to the future you thought was going to happen. And that requires a mourning process. I just want to acknowledge that for some of you this is normal and fine, you’ve heard all this stuff and it’s not a big deal. But for others, this is really hard stuff to handle. The fact that Hollywood might not happen exist anymore, the fact that all these institutions might be replaced by something else, we’re saying goodbye to the future, and there’s a little bit of grief in that. Who knows if it’s going to be good? Who knows if it’s going to be bad? But it is fundamentally going to change. Give yourself the space.”

Oscar winning filmmaker Daniel Kwan delivered a passionate plea and plan for how the entertainment industry can and should face AI’s Hollywood takeover during a Studio B conversation with Jaron Lanier on Friday. I sat in the front row and when he finished, he got an enthusiastic round of applause. A must watch for anyone concerned about AI use in Hollywood. @berggruenInst