Oscar-winning director, Guillermo del ToroDoesn’t seem too concerned about Artificial intelligence and its implications for entertainment content creation.
Apparently, what really worries him are people.
“People ask me if I’m worried Artificial intelligence, and I say that I am concerned about natural stupidity. “It’s just a tool, right?” The director said “Pinocchio too“y”shape of waterDuring his keynote speech at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday.
“If someone wants to make a movie Artificial intelligence, get them immediately. “I don’t care about people who want something mediocre fast,” he argued, whether success or failure Artificial intelligence It will depend on what people do creatively with it to bring a personal vision to the screen. “Otherwise, why not buy a printer, just print the mona lisa And say you made it?”, he said Del Toro During his appearance in Toronto, which was part of TIFF’s Visionary Program.
Thursday night, Del Toro A surprising presence while presenting animated films”The boy and the heron“Er Hayao Miyazaki to the TIFF opening audience at Roy Thomson Hall. A day later, he spoke about his passion for hand-drawn animation, stop-motion animation and other fantasy worlds.
“Animation, for some reason, is misunderstood in the West as something only for children and not as a medium of pure art and pure creation,” he said. Del Toro.
He pointed to Canada and Toronto, where he has a home, with a deep love of animation that dates back to the early days of the National Film Board of Canada.
“I wish people would understand that this is a medium, not a genre. Some important films have been made in animation,” he emphasized.
The master of horror movies said that animation is still largely drawn and created by humans.
“Even what we call computer animation. This is not. “These are the figures that must be animated and it’s a direct transmission to the animator’s personality model, and stop-motion is the most unpleasant of all,” he said. Del Toro People on the set play with toys in front of the camera.
The Toronto Film Festival runs until September 17.
Through: The Hollywood Reporter
Author’s Note: I don’t think I’ve seen a better example of the use of artificial intelligence to create art than Del Toro cited in this note.
