AI's infiltration of films, music, painting — even sculpture — is inspiring new resistance to tech in art, and putting a premium on work that's purely human.

Why it matters: Art has long been seen as a uniquely human endeavor, making AI's advance into this realm especially unsettling.

"There's a feeling of existential dread in the air in Los Angeles," says Charlie Fink, a longtime Hollywood producer and professor at Chapman University in Orange County, California. • "AI is coming, and nobody knows how. It makes you anxious if you're looking at something AI made and thinking: 'Well, that’s a movie.'"

Case in point: "The Brutalist" — nominated for 10 Oscars in January and winner of Best Actor for Adrien Brody — used generative AI to make actors' Hungarian accents sound more authentic.

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