PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - Atlanta-based Andrew Velcoff has been an entertainment lawyer since 1986. He has negotiated movie deals with big talent, and he has been heavily involved with major motion pictures.

Velcoff was in Peoria Friday to tell Bradley University students about his career, in a lecture titled, “From Broadcast to AI.” Velcoff said that regardless of how one feels about it, Artificial Intelligence is coming to entertainment.

He thinks it could bring movie producers helpful and affordable new tools, but there may be drawbacks as well.

“There’ll be some jobs lost, and some jobs gained, and hopefully at the end of the day, we’ll be able to adapt, and good talented people will be able to find their place in that space,” Velcoff said.

He believes that the law has not kept up

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