Lets go to the movies. For more than half a century, these words have meant an invitation to magic. The magic of moving pictures. The spinning of dreams in a darkened theater. For three decades, the dreams were silent ones. The magic of movement alone. Then suddenly, on a night in october 1927, a voice was heard from the screen. Proclaiming a fabulous era in hollywood. The night the movies became the talkies with the premiere of a jazz singer and the voice of al jolson. Its interesting the first sound Motion Picture was a musical in which al jolson only sang and the reason for that is they said, well, who wants to hear actors talk. Most of the running time its a silent film using titles with an orchestra score. Every once in a while the orchestra stops and jolson pops up and starts singing. Wonderful tales are always hard to find some folks have one some folks have none jolson always talked to his audience. He was known for his patter. And specifically, his catch phrase which hed been
My colleague Joe, an English Literature professor at a university recently expressed his concerns about students using AI-generated tools like ChatGPT for their assignments. At the start of the semester, he made it clear that such tools were off-limits for their writing assignments. Joe is not alone among my friends who told me the same feelings ? panic, apprehension, and indignation. College teaching roles have become increasingly complex in the post-pandemic world. Adding AI-generated tools to the mix only exacerbates their challenges.
On May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America went on strike. The WGA is a labor union that was formed on April 6, 1933 (originally the Screenwriter’s Guild) to protect and represent writers in film, television, radio and other forms of media across America. As of Aug. 1, 2023, the WGA has been on.
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