AI Day One
- Lesson1 of 6
- Time25 min
What these tools are, and aren't
Outcome
Explain in plain words what AI tools in production do, and name three things they can't do.
Mapped to 1 ScreenSkills checklist line
- ScreenSkills camera trainee skills checklist · Transferable skills and attributes: "Staying resilient, curious and adaptable under changing priorities"
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Watch
2 films · about 30 minutes
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What they are
- A language model has learned from vast amounts of text which words tend to follow which, and writes the most plausible next words. Image and video models do the same with pixels.
- Plausible is often right. That's what makes the wrong answers dangerous.
- In production, AI sits inside tools you already use: editing software that searches by what is said, sound tools that clean dialogue, VFX tools that make masks.
What they can't do
- They don't know what's true. A model can state a rate, a law or a credit with total confidence and be wrong.
- They don't know what happened recently unless the tool is searching, and even then you check the source.
- They can't take responsibility. A person signs off every frame, edit and mix.
Our position
- Futures in Film is pro-AI, and teaches it from the floor: where it saves hours, where it fails, and the rules around it.
- Three things don't change: consent, credit and a person signing off. Read our position at /learn/ai/.
Check
3 questions drawn from 8 · pass mark 80% · safety-critical questions must be right · 3 attempts in 24 hours · new questions each time
Watch the films to open the check.
Do
Spot the confident mistake · 10 minutes
An AI tool wrote this note for a trainee. Find what you'd check, and where.
'Camera trainees in the UK earn a fixed £500 a day by law. You must be 16 to work on set. The nearest A&E is always listed on the call sheet. Unions don't cover trainees.'
How it's marked
- Flags the pay claim (no fixed legal rate; check the Bectu rate card)
- Flags the age claim (check production and current rules)
- Keeps the A&E line (true on UK call sheets)
- Flags the union claim (Bectu represents trainees)
Met or Not yet, with a comment from a trained reviewer. Until accounts open, open the model answer after you submit and mark your own work against it.
Model answer (open after you submit)
Pay: there's no fixed legal day rate; check the current Bectu card. Age: depends on the production and the law on young people; check, don't assume. A&E: true, it's on the call sheet. Unions: Bectu welcomes trainees. Three of four lines needed checking.
Reflect
Record
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