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Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur graced the 56th IFFI in Goa where the discussion happened around Artificial Intelligence and how it seems to have taken over the entertainment landscape. And the maestro didn’t mince words even once while sharing his opinion on it.
The filmmaker said, “Most of the actors I know have been dealing with their lawyers and copyrighting themselves. Tom Cruise , Hrithik Roshan, Anil Kapoor have copyrighted themselves. In the new world of AI, you need to do that.”
He added, “AI cannot be human. AI is artificial intelligence. We don’t even know where intelligence resides. The only time that AI can take over humanity is if we have so much inertia that we become predictable.”
The limitations of AI
Shekhar Kapur said, “In AI, we still don’t know how to create close-ups, and there’s a very specific reason: we have something that science has not worked out yet – a relationship between pupils.”
The filmmaker continued saying, “Is it getting shorter and shorter because we are becoming as human beings having shorter attention spans? Or is it getting shorter because films are getting shorter? Storytelling never changes. Storytelling is the way we communicate with each other. Everything is a story.”
Lachmi Deb Roy is the Entertainment Editor of Firstpost, Network18. She reviews films and series with a gender lens. She is a 'Rotten Tomatoes' certified critic. Her interviews are called 'Not Just Bollywood' because she takes a huge interest in world cinema. She has been the winner of the prestigious Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity for two consecutive years, 2020 and 2021. OTT over theatrical releases is her preference unless and until it's a King Khan film. She takes interest in fashion, food and art reviews too.