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David Cronenberg on the ‘Promise and Threat’ of AI in Filmmaking: ‘Do We Welcome That? Do We Fear That? Both’
David Cronenberg discussed the benefits and disadvantages of AI at the Cannes Film Festival press conference for his latest film, "The Shrouds."
Though Cronenberg said that technological advancements like CGI have “made filmmaking much easier” in terms of tasks like removing coffee cups from footage, he admitted that it’s “quite shocking … to see what can be done even now with the beginnings of artificial intelligence.” Speaking of Sora, the new AI software that can generate motion pictures, Cronenberg said it has the potential to “completely transform the act of writing and directing.” Instead of Cronenberg’s usual out-of-the-box body horror, “The Shrouds” is more so an exploration of grief and technology, and though there are several gross-out moments, the film relies on emotion more than anything.
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