Ben Affleck acknowledges AI’s role in filmmaking

Summary

• The actor and filmmaker, who used AI in his upcoming film Animals, said he wanted the technology to assist filmmakers and other workers while increasing their creativity.
• “In order to obtain that information, I was concerned that most of the models being used had been trained on my peers’ — people I know — work, and I was uncomfortable with that,” he said.
• “I don’t believe that there will ever be ‘Just type it in and make a movie that people want to see.’ “But the whole effort behind it was to do something ethical, to do something that did not displace people, but that allowed people in this economy and this world to benefit from this technology.” Affleck also said he had used an AI tool “for lots of things” in Animals.

AI Generated Summary

Ben Affleck said he initially feared Hollywood was “finished” after seeing the potential of artificial intelligence, but has since embraced its use in filmmaking.