{"id":6229,"date":"2025-10-26T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/guillermo-del-toro-ai-rather-die\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:15:00","slug":"guillermo-del-toro-ai-rather-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/guillermo-del-toro-ai-rather-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: \u201cI\u2019d Rather Die\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is no fan of AI. <\/p>\n

In fact, for his latest film, a reinterpretation of Mary Shelley\u2019s 1818 gothic novel \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d he says he was inspired by the hubris of the tech sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity,\u201d he told NPR<\/em><\/a> in an interview. \u201cI think that\u2019s what drives most of the world\u2019s worst features.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I did want it to have the arrogance of Victor [Frankenstein] be similar in some ways to the tech bros,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s kind of blind, creating something without considering the consequences, and I think we have to take a pause and consider where we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Del Toro didn\u2019t beat around the bush when it came to his feelings about generative AI.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not interested, nor will I ever be interested,\u201d he told NPR<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other day, somebody wrote me an email,\u201d del Toro added, saying that it asked \u201c\u2018what is your stance on AI?’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd my answer was very short,\u201d he explained. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019d rather die.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/em><\/a> in June that \u201cI don\u2019t want AI making any creative decisions that I can\u2019t make myself.\u201d <\/p>\n

DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee also said<\/a> that the company will \u201cnot support AI-generated storytelling or artwork at this year\u2019s New York Comic Con.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also not the first time del Toro has spoken out. Last year, he dismissed AI image generators as a pointless way to come up with \u201csemi-compelling screensavers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires, it\u2019s how much would you risk to be in its presence?\u201d he said during a talk in London at the time, as quoted by Forbes<\/em><\/a>. \u201cHow much would people pay for those screensavers? Are they gonna make them cry because they lost a son? A mother? Because they misspent their youth? F**k no.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite widespread public backlash<\/a>, the entertainment industry has embraced AI, announcing everything from AI-generated feature-length films<\/a> to the announcement of a fictitious AI actress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a growing crisis in the sector, with unions representing performers fighting for protections<\/a> against having their likeness or voice be used to train an AI without their consent.<\/p>\n

Major studios are also becoming embroiled in major legal battles over copyright infringement, with Warner Bros Discovery joining Disney and NBCUniversal in suing AI company Midjourney<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In short, given influential voices like del Toro and Spielberg, publicly and forcefully speaking out against the tech, the brightest and most creative minds in the movie industry likely won\u2019t give up without a fight as AI continues to infiltrate Hollywood.<\/p>\n

More on AI and Hollywood:<\/strong> It Sounds Like OpenAI Really, Really Messed Up With Hollywood<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: \u201cI\u2019d Rather Die\u201d<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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