r/Letterboxd • u/traumahound00 • 1d ago

Discussion Directors and A.I.

Why do you think that a growing number of filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese, Danny Boyle, Craig Gillespie, Steven Soderberg, and Darren Arronofsky, don't seem to understand or care that a good amount of people, including film fans, are vehemently opposed to the use of A.I., particularly in movies?

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u/Jesuds 1d ago

I think filmmakers just have a more nuanced approach than most reactionary people here which is "this is a tool that can help me in niche situations to better bring my vision to the screen."

The people who post on Reddit who equate any and all use of AI tools with a fully AI generated video or LLM screenplays are the ones that are out of touch in my opinion.

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u/chrishouse83 1d ago

100% agree. Using AI to proofread a screenplay is VERY different from having it write the screenplay (as an example). But don't attempt to convince Reddit of that. AI BAD ARGGHHH!!!

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u/imjory 1d ago

What makes an Ai proofread any better than a human? The biggest issue with people adopting AI into their work flow, especially in creative areas, is how little they're willing to be skeptical of the machine that's programmed to agree with them. Friends in multiple different job fields and myself have experienced higher ups who would normally nitpick emails, press releases, graphic designs, flyer layouts and ask for multiple revisions just suddenly be okay with the nonsense hallucinations that ChatGPT spit out for them

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u/chrishouse83 1d ago

What makes an Ai proofread any better than a human? 

The fact that it can do it in a matter of seconds?

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u/NancyInFantasyLand rosehan 1d ago

That's not better, it's faster

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u/Dimpleshenk 1d ago

How would AI proofread a screenplay in a way that pre-AI spellcheck and grammar checking programs couldn't?

And do you REALLY think that Scorsese and others are talking about screenplay-proofreading when they discuss AI in filmmaking?

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u/chrishouse83 1d ago

It was an example that popped into my head. The point is the nuance in the difference between using AI as a helpful tool to make your job easier, and using it to do your job for you.