The threat of AI to storyboard artists in Hollywood

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According to The Guardian, as Hollywood increasingly adopts AI technology, storyboard artists are at the forefront of these changes. Storyboards serve as a blueprint for communicating a director's vision to cast and crew and are one of the first steps in bringing a script to life. Now, programs that generate images from text prompts threaten this profession. Figures such as James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh, and even Martin Scorsese have utilized AI-related technologies in their projects. However, British storyboard artist Alex Clark emphasizes that storyboarding is more than just drawing nice images; it is a creative and collaborative process that fosters a deep understanding of how to narrate a scene. Ferdinando Cocco, a film lecturer, also suggests that the communication challenges inherent in the traditional process are part of expanding artistic vision, something AI cannot replace.