What do you do if you want to advance your career in the Film Industry using artificial intelligence?

I taught film school at USC and CSULB for 10 years, and always encouraged my students to think of themselves as creators - not as filmmakers. The tools we used when I first started in the business have changed many times over the years, and the people who refused to embrace new ways of working often struggled. AI is simply the newest tool in our tool belts.

You've got an excellent resource right here on LinkedIn. There are groups for every flavor of AI learning. Do a simple search for groups and join any and all that seem interesting. Engage! If you see something someone posted. Say something genuinely nice about it...or ask them a question. 99% of the time you will get an informative answer and then some. Post! Create something and ask for feedback. Discord! (I know the UX is a bit intimidating at at first) Join a few servers of AI programs you're interested in. Nearly every server has a chat. Again, ask questions. You may make a connection with several people across the globe who will happily share their techniques Practice & Execute & Keep expanding your circle of AI experts!

For anyone who wants to understand what the ?? AI tsunami means for them, experimenting is key. These tools are all new for almost everyone. Even the people lauded as experts online will have a certain way they approach the tools, which might differ from your needs or ideas. But you can only get an understanding of the capabilities and what the tools can and can't do for you by testing them. Fortunately most of this tech is cheap to test, and I heartily recommend doing small-scale, low-stakes projects and tests. Do as many as you have time to do, learn what works, and where the tools currently fall short. You can read and watch tutorials all you want, but only if you're trying to solve a real problem, will you find out which path to take.

Innovating and sharing your progress internally and externally (where applicable/allowed) is critical during the AI surge. I heard it directly from several C-suite level AI officers who admitted "we're all new subject matter experts in this space." There are those in the film/editing industry already stepping forward to innovate, to say I got this; and embrace what's next. Try new things. Break things. Push vendors to the limit, and share what's next. I love those already testing Sora, Pika, Adobe, and others. You don't reach the pinnacle alone; you share tools, explain dangerous crevices and help others across.