The use of artificial intelligence and its implementation in various sectors has been one of the major controversies in the post-pandemic era, as questions regarding its legal limits and its impact on the job market abound. Currently, Hollywood actors have joined forces with screenwriters in a strike not seen since 1960, and part of the struggle relates to the entertainment industry's intentions for using AI. However, some believe that losing jobs would be a minor concern compared to AI's potential to annihilate the entire world.
James Cameron believes AI cannot create something captivating for the audience
During an interview with CTV News (via PC Gamer), renowned filmmaker James Cameron spoke about the strike of actors and screenwriters in Hollywood and its connection to AI. Initially, the director responsible for Avatar expressed doubts about the ability of these tools to create something that moves and captivates viewers: "I don't think an incorporeal mind that's just regurgitating what other embodied minds have said about life they've had, about love, about lying, about fear, about mortality, and just kind of throwing it all together in a word salad and regurgitating it is going to have anything that moves an audience. I would certainly not be interested in having an AI write a script for me, unless they were really good! Let's wait 20 years, and if an AI wins an Oscar for Best Screenplay, I think we have to take them seriously."
The creator of Terminator fears the military use of AI and its consequences
However, James Cameron pointed out that he is the creator of Terminator, a movie that portrays a future where technological advancement and the use of AI led to global disaster. In that sense, the filmmaker believes that the risk of AI lies not in taking away jobs but in ending the planet: "I warned you in 1984, and you didn't listen! You have to follow the money, who's building these things, right? You're building it to dominate the market share, so what are you teaching? Greed. Or you're building it for defensive purposes, so you're teaching paranoia. I think the militarization of AI is the biggest danger. I think we will get into the equivalent of an AI arms race, and if we don't build it, the other guys will surely build it, so then it will escalate. You could imagine an AI in a theater of combat, all being controlled by computers at a speed that humans can no longer intervene; you don't have the ability to de-escalate."
In the case of video games, the use of AI is starting to generate criticism and concerns as it has been a secret within the development processes in recent years. So far, some companies claim that its use is intended for scriptwriting and interactions with NPCs, but gaming industry workers fear that at some point, the industry will opt for tools that replace human labor.
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