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emma thompson Not mincing words when it comes down to it artificial intelligence,
Oscar winning actor and screenplay by Talked about emerging technology during his interview on Monday Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Admitting his “intense irritation” towards AI.
“I can’t tell you, I can’t begin to tell you,” thompsonThe 66-year-old said this on the late night show, causing the studio audience to laugh as she clearly became frustrated while talking about the technology, even clenching her fists. Thompson told Colbert that she likes to write for long periods of time on a writing pad because of her belief in “the connection between the brain and the hands” and that when she finishes writing something she transfers the words to a Word document on her computer.
“Lately, the Word document is constantly saying, ‘Do you want me to rewrite this for you?'” Thompson said, referencing Microsoft’s AI system. copilot, Which can help users to rewrite or edit text.
She then yelled, “And so I finally say, ‘I don’t need you to rewrite what I wrote! Will you fuck off? Just fuck off! I’m so sick.'”
Colbert then jokingly suggested that Thompson show him on the computer the Academy Award he won for screenwriting the 1995 film. sense and SensibilityWhich made her the only person to win an Oscar for both acting and writing.
“I don’t think it would make any difference,” Thompson told Colbert, pretending to cry.
This is not the first time she has been angry at technology. She said when she was writing sense and Sensibility script, the computer suddenly converted his entire script into hieroglyphs.
Thompson said she panicked and in her dressing gown called actor Stephen Fry for a taxi and demanded he help her. It took eight hours for the computer to return the script.
“And it came out in one long sentence,” Thompson joked, adding that the computer “did this on purpose.”
Thompson has previously advocated for the future of creativity in the film industry and stressed that filmmakers need to pay attention to Telling “authentic” stories By focusing on emotion and honesty in a story.
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The actor said in 2023, “When I hear people talk about stuff, it makes me feel like stuffing stuff inside a couch or a cushion.”
Thompson, who is currently starring in the Apple TV crime series down cemetery roadShe is not alone in her disgust with AI. Director Guillermo del Toro recently said this He “would rather die” Instead of using technology in his films.