Kane Parsons, the 20-year-old _Backrooms_ director, warns that generative AI poses harmful threats to creativity, calling it a source of cultural and economic decline.
Kane Parsons is against using AI in filmmaking
Jun 04, 2026
05:06 pm
What's the storyKane Parsons, the 20-year-old director of the record-breaking A24 film Backrooms, has spoken out against the increasing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in Hollywood.
He called its impact "genuinely harmful consequences" and said that he doesn't see a place for it in the future of filmmaking.
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