Generative AI company Stability AI recently announced (9/24) that legendary filmmaker James Cameron has joined its board of directors. Cameron has always been known for breaking technological boundaries and creating visual miracles. His masterpieces include "Terminator", "Terminator 2", "Titanic", "Alien 2", "Avatar" series and other movie classics. . Three of the four highest-grossing movies in film history are Cameron's works; among them, "Avatar" holds the world's highest box office record of US$2.9 billion. Cameron's great creations in his career have also earned him three Oscars, two Emmys and many other awards.
Image source: X/@StabilityAI Stability AI announces the joining of James Cameron
Generative AI combines with the film industry to create a new generation!
According to Prem Akkaraju, CEO of Stability AI, Stability AI is committed to providing creators with a comprehensive AI technology portfolio to help turn their ideas into reality and create the next generation of visual art. Now that the company has technical and creative visionaries like Cameron at the top, Stability AI is expected to serve as an industry pioneer and realize the technological integration of AI and the film industry.
"James Cameron is living in the future, waiting for others to catch up."
James Cameron said that in order to tell incredible stories through film, he has spent his career looking for technology that can continue to push the boundaries of film.
“I was at the forefront of CGI over 30 years ago and still am today; now the intersection of generative AI and CGI imaging will lead to the next wave. The fusion of these two completely different creative engines will bring Artists are taking new frontiers and telling stories in ways we never imagined; Stability AI is ready for this shift.”
In fact, not only James Cameron is joining the Stability AI board of directors this time, but also Dana Settle, co-founder of Greycroft, an American venture capital company, Colin Bryant, chief operating officer of Coatue Management, and Sean Parker, former president of Facebook. Cameron We will welcome the new future of the film industry with them.
James Cameron issued a warning?
Interestingly, James Cameron once questioned the creativity of AI in 2023, believing that AI lacks emotion and only mechanically repeats human language or creations. In addition, he also pointed out that AI may pose a threat to mankind, which is intuitively reminiscent of Skynet in "Terminator".
"I warned you in 1984, but apparently no one listened."
What kind of company is Stability AI?
Stability AI is committed to creating visual changes in art through AI. The company has developed a series of generative AI models suitable for pictures, images, 3D, audio and language, and is well-known in the industry for its flagship image model Stable Diffusion. Stable Diffusion has been downloaded more than 150 million times to date, and many companies and individual creators rely on Stability AI's models to improve their creative workflows. Its Stable Audio is a text-to-audio web application that was recently named one of the best inventions of 2023 by Time magazine.