Generative AI is an artificial intelligence model that, when trained on massive datasets, can generate text, images, audio, and video by predicting the next word or pixel. The simplest input (called a prompt) to generative AI is a text description. Based on that text description, a generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) can write a paragraph, a text-to-image model such as Stable Diffusion can create a picture, MusicLM can create music, and Imagen Video can create a video. This technology will democratize all kinds of content creation. For video creation it could level the playing field more than smartphones and social video platforms have already done. It will also fundamentally change the video content industry.
How Will Generative AI Disrupt Video Platforms?
The technology will change what content is produced, how it’s produced, and who it’s shown to.
March 13, 2023
Summary.
Generative AI — AI that creates content — threatens to disrupt the big players (Netflix, TikTok, and Youtube) in video streaming because it changes the power and economics of video streaming. Content creators are able to create smarter content with its assistance while the potential number of content creators explodes as barriers to creating video content fall. Netflix is likely the most vulnerable in this space.
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