Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI
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When Scorsese uses AI for storyboarding only, it reinforces the pattern: top creatives are comfortable with AI as pre-production scaffolding, not as a replacement. Studios and tool vendors that lean into “assist the auteur” workflows — not full-stack content automation — will win the high-end market first.
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