Filmmaker James Cameron has set the record straight regarding the use of generative AI in the filmmaking business. During a recent interview, he shared how people thought he would use computer graphics and replace actors during the making of his 2005 film, Avatar. In an interview with CBS’s Sunday Morning, The Terminator director called the use of generative AI ‘abominable’. He said: “For years there’s been a feeling that, ‘Oh, they’re doing something weird with computers and they’re replacing actors’, when actually it’s a celebration of the actor-director moment, once you really get down and you see what we’re doing. James Cameron on AI use in filmmaking Cameron spoke about the arrival of generative AI in film and confirmed his position. “Now go to the other end of the spectrum, and you have generative AI, where they can make up a character,” said James Cameron. “They can make up an actor. They can create a show from scratch with a text prompt. It’s like, no. This is horrifying to me. It is the opposite. That’s exactly what we don’t do.” Tilly Norwood Earlier this year, comedian and producer Eline Van der Velden unveiled AI artist Tilly Norwood at the Zurich Summit. One of his kind, Norwood has reportedly received interest from several talent agencies, Velden claims. However, the concept has received mixed reactions from the Internet. Van der Velden said that despite some objecting to the idea, the role of AI in films is likely to expand even further. Feedback on Tilly Norwood “I think it will be a slow progression,” she told Variety. “I’m sure there will be a lot of effects that will be made with AI in the coming year. There will be some establishing shots, there will be some second unit shots with AI, and then slowly, we will progress to a full AI film. And whether people will pay for an AI film or not – I don’t think they’ll know the difference because that will be the story, or why it won’t pay.” “I really didn’t expect [the backlash]. I’m in an AI bubble, right? I didn’t quite realize how far removed people are from this technology. I live in another future. I deal with these tools every day and these people don’t even know you can do this with the click of a button. In the UK, the reaction was not at all like it was in the US. This backlash thing didn’t exist in the UK because people understand that we’re using it as a force for good, and that we’re trying to get more projects, tell more stories that wouldn’t otherwise be told in the UK. We are an ethical production company. We’re trying to do the right thing with the AI ​​tools,” she said of the backlash.