Quoting Ben Affleck

Blog · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-10-14)

• Ben Affleck reveals his long-standing interest in computers, which deepened with film’s transition to digital, and highlights machine learning’s integral role in visual effects workflows for many years.
• He explains how “convolutional neural networks” (precursors to transformers) are used to analyze “tensors” (numerical translations of visual images) for “edge detection” and “feature extraction.”
• Affleck, despite claiming to write “pretty shitty Python scripts,” demonstrates a practical understanding of how ML helps identify patterns, such as a window ledge, to facilitate tasks like green screen removal.