Guillermo del Toro on AI: 'It can do semi-compelling screensavers'

Renowned director and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro is no fan of artificial intelligence: "The value of art is not in how much it costs and how little effort it requires. It's how much would you risk to be in its presence." As the use of AI continues to prove a divisive and controversial topic in the world of art, some creatives and directors are in their fields.

One such director is , who spoke about AI in a talk at the BFI in London. "AI has demonstrated that it can do semi-compelling screensavers," he said. "That's essentially that.

" The renowned Mexican director behind and added that he is not convinced AI can recreate genuine human expression or generate a similar effect to that of a human-made piece of art. "The value of art is not in how much it costs and how little effort it requires," he stated. "It's how much would you risk to be in its presence.

" “How much would people pay for those screensavers? Are they going to make them cry because they lost a son? A mother? Because they misspent their youth? Fuck no!” Hardly surprising coming from del Toro, but succinctly put. When Euronews Culture last year, he shared that “emoji-style” animation where everyone is “happy and sassy and quick” only goes so far. As opposed to commercial animation, he prefers to see “real life in animation” and believes that there’s not a moment to lose.

“I think it’s urgent to see real life in animation. Emotions are codified into a sort of teenage rom-com, almost emoji-s.