I am not a technological expert, but when there are huge advancements in anything tech in Hollywood, I turn to James Cameron. The guy is both an engineer and a filmmaker, and he has a knack for breaking down all these advancements and what they mean for filmmakers. And it doesn't make me feel good that he's so worried about AI. In a recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Avatar director James Cameron has drawn a line in the sand regarding generative AI. He calls the prospect of AI replacing actors "horrifying."Let's dive in. - YouTube www.youtube.com Cameron's Quotes on AI James Cameron is a technological wizard. So he's been keeping track of AI and its advancements for quite some time. “For years, there was this sense that, ‘Oh, they’re doing something strange with computers and they’re replacing actors,’ when in fact, once you really drill down and you see what we’re doing, it’s a celebration of the actor-director moment, and the actor-to-actor moment. It’s a celebration of, I call it, the sanctity of the actor’s performance moment,” Cameron explained.“Now, go to the other end of the spectrum, and you’ve got generative AI,” he continued, “where they can make up a character, they can make up an actor. They can make up a performance from scratch with a text prompt. It’s like, no. That’s horrifying to me. That’s the opposite. That’s exactly what we’re not doing.”This kind of pushback on AI from Cameron makes a lot of sense. He's spent...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 2 December