Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is no fan of AI.
In fact, for his latest film, a reinterpretation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel “Frankenstein,” he says he was inspired by the hubris of the tech sector.
“My concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity,” he told NPR in an interview. “I think that’s what drives most of the world’s worst features.”
“But I did want it to have the arrogance of Victor [Frankenstein] be similar in some ways to the tech bros,” he added. “He’s kind of blind, creating something without considering the consequences, and I think we have to take a pause and consider where we’re going.”
Del Toro didn’t beat around the bush when it came to his feelings about generative AI.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested,” he told NPR. “I’m 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak.”
“The other day, somebody wrote me an email,” del Toro added, saying that it asked “‘what is your stance on AI?'”
“And my answer was very short,” he explained. “I said, ‘I’d rather die.'”
The filmmaker is only the latest high-profile personality in Hollywood to voice their disdain for AI. For instance, Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg told Reuters in June that “I don’t want AI making any creative decisions that I can’t make myself.”
DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee also said that the company will “not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork at this year’s New York Comic Con.
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