Brad Pitt has entered into the heated debate regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the arts, arguing that AI could be a valuable "tool" for the movie industry – specifically for mid-budget films.
The Oscar-winning actor shared his thoughts in a new interview with Esquire, in which he acknowledges that there is “a lot of pushback against AI,” but that AI “is going to be the very thing that, if used as a tool, is going to help these mid-budget films, $40 to $90 million-budgeted films, get made.”
Pitt was referring to the expensive process of creating visual effects for movies and did state that he was more hesitant when it comes to the controversial technology replacing actors.
“Well, it depends on who’s creating it, you know? Who’s behind it, who’s telling the story,” he said. “Who’s saying, ‘I want to see this emotion from him,’ and then being able to mine through whatever AI provides and going, ‘More in this direction,’ and tailoring it in that way. So they could, but the final product might not be my choices and what I found and discovered in the thing.”
Pitt also noted that actors are being told to scan themselves for post-production usage and commented that he’s always ensured that he owned - and subsequently destroyed - his own scans.
