Ben Affleck goes viral for deep AI knowledge; sold AI film startup to Netflix for $587M
ashleymayer · x · 2026-10-09
- Ben Affleck has gone viral across multiple interview clips for fluently discussing neural networks, transformers, tensors, GPUs, inference and open weights—he even says he writes a little Python—most recently on GQ's One More Question, talking AI and filmmaking.
- Earlier this year he reportedly sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix for $587 million; TechCrunch leans on the Good Will Hunting casting joke: Affleck turns out to be the secret genius.
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