Since 2009, when the “Avatar” series spread its bluish shimmer for the first time, the mixture of sci-fi, animation and 3-D technology has been a future cinema. A parallel universe, somewhere out there. How created for experiments with artificial intelligence. Machines create creative content on a fantasy planet. But this weekend (February 22/23) categorically ironed “Avatar” director and author James Cameron. At a question time with an audience in Wellington, New Zealand, he presented the first details of the third film “Fire and Ash”.
Experts visitors Josh Harding wrote on his “X” account: Cameron confirmed at the talk in the circle theatre that the new “avatar” is opened with a player on which it can be read: “No generative AI was used in the production of this film .. “
James Cameron is not a fan of AI
As early as July 2023, the three-time Oscar winner turned against artificial intelligence. At that time he referred to his robo-human classic “Terminator” to explain what he thinks of the rise of artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry.
“I warned you in 1984 and you didn’t listen to,” he growled at the time. According to his assessment, AI technology is by no means able to replace a complex authorship: “It is never about who wrote it, but about whether it is a good story.”
Cameron represented his view with verve and emotions. “I personally just don’t believe that a disembodied spirit that only acknowledges what other living spirits have created – about the lived life, about love, lies, about fear, about mortality – and then all of this into a word salad and then backed up … I just think that an audience will move. “
However, the progress does not escape the “Avatar” director
Of course he watches the developments with an open look. He also looks interested in how AI techniques are involved in the script process and this system will affect the industry. “Let’s wait 20 years, and if a AI wins an Oscar for the best script. Then maybe we can take it seriously, ”said the Canadian’s conclusion.
In his role in the supervisory committee, he added to the Tech company Stabilityai: “I spent my career researching emerging technologies that postpone the limits of the possible to tell incredible stories.” But it is far from that.
At the talk round in his adopted home, Cameron continued to elicit that he had already shot scenes for a fourth part in advance. Nevertheless, he would also be ready to end after the third serve if “Fire and Ash” would not achieve the success goals. The film is scheduled to come to cinemas shortly before Christmas 2025.