By
Olivia Craighead,
a news writer for The Cut who covers pop culture and celebrity.
Previously, she wrote about pop culture and entertainment at Gawker.
The role artificial intelligence should play in art is one of Hollywood’s hottest debates. Some people are excited about what the new technology can do, while others are scared of what it means about the future of creativity. Maggie Gyllenhaal, it seems, has found a middle ground. Speaking on a panel at the Venice Film Festival, the director told the audience that she tried using AI on her new short film and just thought that it wasn’t very good. Who could’ve guessed?
