“AIs that pretend to be human are, you know, manipulative,” Jonze said Wednesday at Replit’s Vibecon conference in New York City. “The kids need to grow up knowing these are going to be very, very convincing and very seductive — and very useful and very powerful — but they’re still just a system, an incredible system of pattern recognition.” [Link: Spike Jonze, Filmmaker Behind 'Her,' Warns of 'Manipulative' AI Chatbot Design | https://gizmodo.com/spike-jonze-filmmaker-behind-her-warns-of-manipulative-ai-chatbot-design-2000773432 | Gizmodo]

The writer-director also weighed in on what AI's role in Hollywood should be.

“AIs that pretend to be human are, you know, manipulative,” Jonze said Wednesday at Replit’s Vibecon conference in New York City. “The kids need to grow up knowing these are going…