David Cronenberg was awarded the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award at the Toronto International Film Festival’s sixth annual TIFF Tribute Awards on Saturday, September 8. The award recognizes Canadians in the film industry who have made a global impact with their careers. Cronenberg’s “willingness to explore unconventional themes and his innovative storytelling continues to shape contemporary cinema worldwide,” as the festival stated.
At the TIFF Tribute Awards, Cronenberg weighed in on the use of artificial intelligence in his own movies. “Well, I’ve actually used AI in my filmmaking for years,” he told IndieWire. “You know, it’s just not something that people normally are aware of.
But when you’re correcting the color, when you’re manipulating your film’s images, it’s a form of AI already. It’s not something surprising in a way to me,” he continued. Speaking with Variety earlier this year, he was asked about AI’s place in filmmaking today.
“You can imagine a screenwriter sitting there, writing the movie, and if that person can write it in enough detail, the movie will appear. The whole idea of actors and production will be gone. That’s the promise and the threat of artificial intelligence,” he said.
“Do we welcome that? Do we fear that? Both. It’s like nuclear fission, it’s ferocious and terrifying and it’s also incredibly useful. So, what do we do? I don’t know.
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