Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSteven Spielberg has said he does not use artificial intelligence (AI) as the "final word on anything creative".The director told the IMO podcast: “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 AI could be a useful tool for tasks such as location scouting, but should not dictate creative decisions like dialogue or camera placement. He emphasised that there is no “substitute for the soul”, adding “a computer that thinks it feels more than we feel is anathema”.Spielberg also revealed his belief in aliens in the interview, saying it is "mathematically and scientifically impossible" that life does not exist elsewhere.In fullSteven Spielberg: AI is not a substitute for the soulThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Steven Spielberg warns AI is no ‘substitute for the soul’
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSteven Spielberg has said he does not use artificial intelligence (AI) as the "final word on anything creative".The director told the IMO podcast: “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 AI could be a useful tool for tasks such as location scouting, but should not dictate creative decisions like dialogue or camera placement. He emphasised that there is no “substitute for the soul”, adding “a computer that thinks it feels more than we feel is anathema”.Spielberg also revealed his belief in aliens in the interview, saying it is "mathematically and scientifically impossible" that life does not exist elsewhere.In fullSteven Spielberg: AI is not a substitute for the soulThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
