AI Is a Nightmare,” ‘The Flash’ Cameo “Not What I Did”
The actor revealed he actually was on set for a few hours to shoot the new DC film that featured a nod to his aborted Tim Burton movie ‘Superman Lives
The Renfield actor told Yahoo! Entertainment that he has a rather dim view of the technology.
“AI is a nightmare to me,” Cage said. “It’s inhumane. You can’t get more inhumane than artificial intelligence … I would be very unhappy if people were taking my art … and appropriating [it].”
“When I went to the picture, it was me fighting a giant spider,” Cage said. “I did not do that. That was not what I did. I don’t think it was [created by] AI. I know Tim [Burton] is upset about AI, as I am. It was CGI, OK, so that they could de-age me, and I’m fighting a spider. I didn’t do any of that, so I don’t know what happened there.”
That the 59-year-old actor was actually on set is a bit unexpected as many watching the film just assumed the entire performance was created by CG. Cage said what was actually filmed, and what he was told the scene would be, was something more solemn.
Nonetheless, Cage added that he really liked director Andy Muschietti. “[Andy] is a terrific director, he is a great guy and a great director, and I loved his two It movies,” he said.
Previously, Burton recalled feeling quite disturbed by a story with AI to use his iconic animation style to re-imagine popular Disney characters.
“They had AI do my versions of Disney characters!” Burton said. “I can’t describe the feeling it gives you. It reminded me of when other cultures say, ‘Don’t take my picture because it is taking away your soul’ … What it does is it sucks something from you. It takes something from your soul or psyche; that is very disturbing, especially if it has to do with you. It’s like a robot taking your humanity, your soul.”
