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Legendary Director Argues Why AI Was Necessary (And Funny) for His Film About This Divisive Rocker: ‘Do I Look Like Somebody That Would Do That?’

The award-winning fimmaker got approval from the late rock star’s family.

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Artists in every medium are grappling with the prospects of AI in their field. Some musicians, actors, and filmmakers have been staunchly against it. They’ll argue that artificial intelligence can’t replace the pure, full expression of a human being.

Meanwhile, someone like Timbaland or Harmony Korine might vouch for using AI as a tool or telling audiences to get with the times already. Now, we can add Steven Soderbergh to the list of pro-AI artists. However, it’s his defense of the medium and how he uses it that’ll definitely raise some eyebrows.

In an interview with Deadline, Soderbergh talked about his documentary on John Lennon. There, he detailed moments where Lennon and Yoko Ono were telling stories, but there was little in the way of visual language to aid the process. Insert Meta. They conveniently needed someone to try out their new video generative tools anyway. As a result, Steven Soderbergh became the perfect test subject for their technology.

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