Summary Gareth Edwards, director of The Creator, discusses the place of artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry. Edwards has a unique perspective after making The Creator, a movie that delves into artificial intelligence and raises questions about morality and ethics. The Creator is set in a world where humanity is at war with AI robots, and the weapon they are most afraid of appears as a child.
Gareth Edwards: It's like saying, is the computer going to be part of the entertainment industry. 30 or 40 years ago. Yeah, we can't stop it. It's coming and no one wants, the guilds don't want to ban AI. We need to just have control over this stuff. And everyone knows that it's going to be this very powerful tool. My personal hope is that it will democratize filmmaking.
Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and the movie covered here would not exist without the labor of the writers and actors in both unions.