In Hollywood, artificial intelligence has sparked many concerns, and now Guillermo del Toro also shares his stance on the tech.
In a chat with NPR, the director shares, “AI, particularly generative AI — I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested.”
He continues, ‘I’m 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak.’ … The other day, somebody wrote me an email and said, “What is your stance on AI?” And my answer was very short. I said, “I’d rather die.”
The filmmaker also adds, “My concern is not artificial intelligence but natural stupidity. I think that’s what drives most of the world’s worst features.”
Guillermo also compares his movie’s character Victor Frankenstein to tech bros. “But I did want it to have the arrogance of Victor [Frankenstein] be similar in some ways to the tech bros.”
“He’s kind of blind, creating something without considering the consequences, and I think we have to take a pause and consider where we’re going,” he shares.
Frankenstein will land on Netflix on Nov. 7.
