Actress Jenna Ortega, star of the series “Wandinha,” who is among the jury of the competition headed by director Bong Joon Ho from the movie “Parasite,” expressed in an interview, on Saturday morning, at the Marrakesh Film Festival, her opinion about the effects of artificial intelligence on films. Looking back at human history, she said, one realizes that “we always take things too far” and that “it is very easy to get frightened – and I know I am – by deep uncertainty.”
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With artificial intelligence, “it’s as if we’ve opened Pandora’s box,” Ortega added. However, she hopes that the new technological resource will lead to a new artistic revolution:
He said: “In these difficult and confusing times, the artist is often pushed to speak more, to do more, to awaken a new love, a new passion, a new protection, and I want to believe and hope that this is the case.” “But there are certain things that AI can’t simulate. There’s beauty in difficulty, there’s beauty in mistakes, and a computer can’t do that. A computer doesn’t have a soul.”
Bong Joon-ho agreed with Ortega, saying that AI could be good in the sense that it is “the beginning of the human race finally thinking seriously about what only humans can do.” “My personal answer is that I will organize a military squad with the mission of destroying artificial intelligence all over the world,” he joked.
In addition to Ortega and Bong, the Marrakesh jury includes actress Anya Taylor-Joy, director Celine Song, Julia Ducournau (who won the Palme d’Or for “Titan”), Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, Moroccan director Hakim Belabbes, and Iranian-American actor and director Payman Moadi.
Song also didn’t mince his words on the subject of AI, saying, “In the words of Guillermo del Toro, who will be here at this festival soon, ‘Fuck AI.’ For her, what is new is “the complete destruction of our planet” and “the colonization of our minds and the way we perceive images, the way we perceive sound.”
“I’m very concerned about this because I think the most important thing we’re here to defend as artists is humanity,” Celine Song attacked.
The Marrakesh Film Festival, which continues until the 6th of this month, officially kicked off on Friday evening, with the screening of the film “Dead Man’s Wire” by director Gus Van Sant. The program also includes tributes to Jodie Foster and Guillermo del Toro, in addition to screenings of “A Private Life” and “Frankenstein,” in addition to conversations with “The Secret Agent” director Kleber Mendonça Filho.