Emma Thompson’s thoughts about AI have gone viral online. The actress blasted artificial intelligence and machine learning during an episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. It seems like a lot of people online totally agreed with Thompson’s assessment of the technology. As a screenwriter, she’s spending a ton of time with different texts. Despite claims that AI makes writing easier, the Oscar-winner couldn’t dream of using it more broadly. After all, that screenplay for Sense & Sensibility carried a lot of her DNA inside its pages.
Winning a BAFTA means that we’re going to take your assessments about writing and storycraft pretty seriously. All the stuff Thompson lays out in her estimation of AI is something more people could stand to hear when tempted by this technology. Refining your own writing is fine, but when the machine starts to guide your hand a little bit too much, the results can be less than desirable. It’s about finding that balance.
