While Paul Schrader may be all in on AI, one filmmaker who most definitely isn’t is “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Shape of Water” helmer Guillermo del Toro.
Out talking about his Netflix “Frankenstein” film, the beloved director tells NPR that he’d “rather die” than use generative artificial intelligence in any of his future films:
“AI, particularly generative AI – I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. 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, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I’d rather die.'”
He says the danger isn’t the tech itself but the “natural stupidity” that comes with the mishandling of it. Even though his “Frankenstein” wasn’t designed as a metaphor for AI, he admits he can see the parallels:
“I did want it to have the arrogance of Victor [Frankenstein] be similar in some ways to the tech bros. 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.”
Jacob Elordi, Oscar Issac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Ralph Ineson star in the new take on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, which will hit Netflix on November 7th.
