As Hollywood and audiences wrestle with the impact of AI, one legend of cinema has said rejecting using the technology to make movies is like rejecting cars in favor of horses.
George Lucas, who founded Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and THX, and revolutionized special effects in Hollywood, has said that AI — warts and all — represents progress, and “there’s nothing you can do about it.”
“Artificial intelligence means it’s much easier for us to make movies,” he told A Rabbit’s Foot. “It’s very much like sitting here saying, ‘Well, I believe the horse and the buggy is really where it’s at. These cars, they break down, they need gas, there’s all kinds of problems with them and pretty soon they’ll be making them into tanks, and then they’ll be killing people. It’s terrible.’ There’s nothing you can do about it.
“That’s progress, it’s the future.”
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