George Lucas never looks backwards. When he didn’t know how to make a shot he wanted in Star Wars, he invented the technology to do it. When he had a vision for the Star Wars prequels, he waited until technology caught up before he brought it to life. And when he and his team wrote scripts for a live-action Star Wars show, but the technology couldn’t sustain it, it simply never happened. George Lucas has always embraced technology and looked toward the future. So the fact that he has an optimistic view on the use of artificial intelligence shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. Whether he fully understands its implications, though? That’s another question. Speaking to A Rabbit’s Foot to promote the upcoming opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the Star Wars creator explained his thoughts on AI. “Artificial intelligence means it’s much easier for us to make movies,” Lucas said. “It’s very much like sitting here saying, ‘Well, I believe the horse and the buggy is really where it’s at. These cars, they break down, they need gas, there’s all kinds of problems with them, and pretty soon they’ll be making them into tanks, and then they’ll be killing people. It’s terrible.’ There’s nothing you can do about it. That’s progress. It’s the future.”