Guillermo del Toro, filmmaker, says he’d rather die than use Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The Oscar-winning director of notable projects such as, ‘The Shape of Water’, ‘Crimson Peak’, and ‘Pacific Rim’ among others, says it’s not the technology itself that he is wary of, but with “natural stupidity”.
With his latest work, ‘Frankenstein’, an adaptation of the 1818 Mary Shelley classic of the same name, streaming on Netflix from November 7, the director compared those at the forefront of developing AI with the character of Victor Frankenstein.
“I did want it to have the arrogance of Victor (Frankenstein) be similar in some ways to the tech bros,” he said of the character, adding, “He’s kind of blind, creating something without considering the consequences and I think we have to take a pause and consider where we’re going.”
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His stance on AI and its use in his films, said the director, is that he is not and will never be interested in it.
“AI, particularly generative AI – I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested...I’m 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak… The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I’d rather die,’” he said in an interview.
‘Frankenstein’ features Christoph Waltz and Ralph Ineson in pivotal roles, besides Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth in lead roles.
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