Oscar-winning film director James Cameron said he believed the future “weaponization” of artificial intelligence was the “greatest danger”.
“I think the biggest danger is the weaponization of AI,” the “Titanic” director told Canada’s CTV on Tuesday.
“I think we’re on par with an AI nuclear arms race. If we don’t build AI, others will definitely build it, and it will escalate,” Cameron explained.
“Imagine AI on the battlefield, where everything is being fought by computers at a speed where humans can no longer intervene, with no ability to defuse the tension,” he continued.
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Canadian film director James Cameron poses at a photocall for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in London on December 4, 2022. (Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images)
Cameron, who directed and co-wrote the 1984 action movie The Terminator, was asked about concerns recently raised by AI experts about AI’s capabilities.
Leaders in the field support regulation, emphasizing the need to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits humanity in the long run.
“I fully share their concerns,” Cameron told the agency.
“I warned you in 1984, but you didn’t listen,” he said.
Director James Cameron attends the ‘Challenging The Deep’ exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, New South Wales. (James Croucher/Newspicks/Getty Images)
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The Hollywood giant also said it’s important to assess who is developing the technology and what their goals are by working in the field.
As for AI replacing writers and creators, Cameron said he didn’t think it would be an issue anytime soon because “it’s never a question of who wrote it, it’s a question of whether it’s a good story”.
Director James Cameron attends the promotional press conference for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ on December 9, 2022 in Seoul. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
“For me personally, I don’t believe that disembodied minds just regurgitate what other embodied minds have said – words about life, love, lies, fears, mortality – and just put it back together in a verbal salad and spit it out… I don’t believe there’s anything about that that moves an audience,” he said.
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Asked if he might accept an AI-produced script, he said, “If you wait 20 years and an AI wins an Oscar for best screenplay, I think you need to take it seriously.”
