Rian Johnson: “Fuck AI!” »

Joining the ranks of other directors who frown upon the introduction of AI in Hollywood, Rian Johnson—Knives Out, Looper, Poker Face—spoke on the subject at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival last October. "There's rumbling in Hollywood, resistance is organizing," he declared to The Hollywood Reporter. "Yeah, fuck AI. It just makes everything worse, on every level. I don't get it. Well, I get it in the sense that 'it saves money by not paying the artists.' But then, what the hell are we doing? Is that really where we want to end up?" "Like Johnson, we hope it doesn't come to that, even if some, like the ever-present Disney, seem to have already ventured into the worst territory that AI can offer. The future of cinema is definitely going to be interesting."