When it comes to the changes wrought on his beloved cinema by technology like AI, though, there are some things it seems he would rather keep constant.The 63-year-old is president of the main jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) this year, and on Friday sat down with AFP and The Hollywood Reporter for a wide-ranging interview that took in artificial intelligence, Chinese cinema and his future projects.Filmmaking has not been exempt from the disruption meted out onto the creative industries by AI's rapid development in recent years. "I think AI is a double-edged sword," Leung said when asked about its impact. "'It saves a lot of time' means it saves a lot of money... But at the same time, a lot of people will lose their jobs."The beneficiaries, he predicted, will be mainstream "popcorn movies": "You don't need to think. There's no creative. That's just calculation."Filmmakers are experimenting more with new tech tools, with SIFF this year debuting an initiative in which selected teams were given a month to create short AI-assisted films. Asked whether he thought a movie created with AI could truly be considered art, Leung paused for several seconds. "But there's no soul," he answered almost plaintively. He paused again. "I don't think so. I don't think it's an art. No." Leung is clear-eyed about the challenges facing cinema globally -- especially the clamour for attention against streaming, gaming and shortform content pushed by algorithms on social media. He said he "really hate(s)" phone viewing. "I feel sad. When I was a kid I used to watch movies in a big cinema with a big screen and somehow it's going smaller and smaller these days," he said. "To me movies shouldn't be watched outside the cinema."Creativity and censorshipLeung's collaborations with fellow Hong Konger Wong Kar-wai are emblematic of the golden age of the city's film industry in the 80s and 90s.