Why AI may never match craft skills in production

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IBC2018: The strongest case for the use of AI production tools is in lower cost genres of television, says BBC AI Research Engineer Craig White.

BBC AI Research Engineer Craig White has admitted that the BBC’s AI production systems, which the corporation is currently prototyping, ‘may never achieve the quality of a skilled craftspeople’.

“But the key question with AI-based production systems is at what point are the algorithms good enough,” said White, one of the lead authors behind BBC Research & Developments research paper AI in Production team – winner of IBC’s Best Paper Award 2018.

The BBC aims to apply its AI production tool Ed to events such as the Edinburgh Festival and said that ultimately…

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