'Gladiator II' director Ridley Scott backtracks on AI after calling it a 'technical hydrogen bomb'

SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland explains to Fox News Digital why last year’s actor and writers’ strikes were important. Ridley Scott is promising incredible action with "Gladiator II" and was apparently willing to use artificial intelligence to achieve his goal. In a new interview with Empire Magazine , Scott said, "We begin the film with probably the biggest action sequence I’ve ever done.

Probably bigger than anything in ‘Napoleon.’" "Gladiator II" comes 20 years after the original Oscar-winning film starring Russell Crowe, with Paul Mescal taking over leading-man duties and co-starring with Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington. In the first trailer, Mescal’s character, Lucius, can be seen facing an enormous rhino.

Ridley Scott told Empire Magazine that when it comes to AI and other technology "you have to embrace it." (Desiree Navarro/WireImage) WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? Scott told Empire that he blended a few techniques to create the huge beast. "Computerization and AI, you have to embrace it," the "Alien" director said.

"I can have a computer read every molecule and wrinkle on a rhino and then cut it on a thick piece of plastic, absolutely as a rhino’s body, which is then tailored to a skeleton shape." The award-winning director didn't specify what type of "computerization and AI" were used or if it involved generative AI in any way. The "skeleton" was placed on an electronic dolly and driven by d.