Steven Spielberg on AI: It can’t be used as the final word on anything creative
Los Angeles, Steven Spielberg is the latest film personality to speak out against the use of AI, saying that while it is okay to use the technology like any other tool, it cannot be the final word on anything creative. Steven Spielberg on AI: It can’t be used as the final word on anything creative During an appearance on Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson’s “IMO” podcast, the legendary Hollywood director, known for movies such as “Jaws”, “E.T.”, “Indiana Jones”, “Schindler’s List” and “Lincoln”, said the technology can be useful in finding solutions to medical issues or scouting locations, but not in movie making. “Where I don’t love AI is where it takes a position or there’s an empty chair at a writer’s table,” Spielberg said. “I’m not willing to substitute, you know, because I don’t really believe in sentience. I don’t believe there is any substitute for the soul. I don’t think that is an algorithm that’s inventible… A computer that thinks it feels more than we feel is anathema to the way I was …
