Canadian actor and screenwriter Seth Rogen has made his stance on artificial intelligence clear, saying that he does not see its real purpose in the creative process.
"I don't understand what she's supposed to do," the actor and director said with a laugh in an interview with Brut America at the Cannes Film Festival.
He criticized the increasing claims that AI will change or "destroy" the film industry, pointing out that the results he sees on social media do not justify such announcements.
Rogen was particularly harsh on screenwriters who use artificial intelligence in their work.
"If your instinct is to use AI instead of going through the writing process, then you shouldn't be a writer," he said, adding that in that case the person isn't actually writing.
He said that such authors should do something else.
He was joined in the interview by his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, and writer Sara Leavitt, whose memoir "Tangled: The Story of Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me" served as inspiration for the new animated film "Tangles," which Rogen and his wife are producing.
Speaking as a screenwriter, Rogen said he doesn't like the idea of a tool that would "reduce the need for me to write," emphasizing that he enjoys the creative process itself.
Livit added that AI cannot replace the creative process, because creative writing involves developing an idea, not just a finished product.
She jokingly recalled that the development of their project took more than ten years.
Loren Rogen pointed out that AI is limited by what is "fed" to it, emphasizing that it would be impossible to feed in the complex personal experiences that inspired their work.
The film "Tangles," directed by Leah Nelson, uses hand-drawn animation, which Rogen described as the antithesis of artificial intelligence and proof that human work still has a crucial value in art.
The film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, also features voices from Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Sarah Silverman and others.
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