Follow us on Google News
Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed
While Guillermo del Toro has become the master of horror, his films have a profound human emotion underneath the effects and genre tropes. There is a reason why hisPacific Rimworks better as a film than its sequelPacific Rim: Uprising, which did not involve him as a director and focused more on the mech vs kaiju action.
Del Toro reiterated his stance on AI and the tool’s value in an art form, stating that generative AI could never provide value to human emotions. He mentioned that the most AI has been able to do is generate glorified ‘screensavers’ and impressed fans by saying that they have never been able to make people feel genuine and complex emotions.
Guillermo del Toro Calls Generative AI Tools Capable Of Only Creating Screensavers
Guillermo del Torohas often been a cinephile’s darling. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has come across as more of a film nerd than a prestigious director who has crafted masterpieces likeThe Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth,andPacific Rim. The noted horror filmmaker has been vocal about his genuine love for the history of cinema and its achievements.
Stanley Kubrick’s Warhammer 40K Movie Can Still Happen: It Needs Henry Cavill and Guillermo del Toro
Del Toro recently spoke up again about the value of AI-generated art and how it would never come close to eliciting the same emotions that human-made art could. In an interview withBFIabout the making of his Oscar-winning stop-motion animated filmPinocchio, he called AI-generated art ‘semi-compelling screensavers’.
He also went on to say that such art could never convincingly pull off complex and real human emotions and its value was not determined by how much effort it required.
Guillermo Del Toro on AI:“AI has demonstrated that it can do semi-compelling screensavers… The value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires, it’s how much would you risk to be in its presence?…How much would people pay for those screensavers?…pic.twitter.com/oO4AixOYeC
In the same interview, del Toro spoke in length about the time and effort it took for the team ofPinocchioto make the stop-motion animated film, filled with naturalistic expressions and movements.
Guillermo del Toro Had Said That He Didn’t Care About People Who Were Impressed With AI
Guillermo del Toro is yet another filmmaker in Hollywood who has joined the fight against AI taking over many of the creative jobs in the industry. With the emergence of technology, many ethical debates have been made about the extent to which AI would be aiding humanity and if it would replace human labor.
“Your Hellboy wouldn’t. Mine would”: Guillermo del Toro Actually Went Against Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola When He Objected to Multiple Comic Book-Inaccurate Changes in the Movie Script
Del Toro had spoken at the TIFF Visionaries event in 2023 (viaTHR). He said that he was not worried about artificial intelligence as much as he was worried about ‘natural stupidity’. He said,
If anyone wants movies made by AI, let them get it immediately. I don’t care about people who want to be fulfilled and get something shi*ty, quickly. Otherwise, why not buy a printer, print the Mona Lisa, and say you made it.
Del Toro reportedly also spoke in length about the contributions of hand-drawn animation and how artists like Hayao Miyazaki still managed to create masterpieces with the same skills.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchiois currently available to stream on Netflix.
Nishanth A
Senior Writer
Articles Published :2417
Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
More from Nishanth A
Spider-Man: Brand New Day – How the 2008 Comic Arc Could Shape Tom Holland’s Next Movie
Transformers Star Is Absolutely Right on Why He Rejected ‘The Penguin’
5 Bella Ramsey Performances So Good, You’ll Forget ‘The Last of Us’ Controversy
Recommended
Madison Beer’s Boyfriend: Who Is She Dating?
Helldivers 2 X Halo ODST Legendary Warbond Crossover: Complete Rundown
Good Boy Director Explains How He Made His Dog Act in 2025’s Most Inventive Horror Movie
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf: Luke Hemsworth Reveals Marvel Link That Sneaks Into His Dark Wolf Role
The Batman 2: Is Zoë Kravitz Not In the Robert Pattinson Starring Sequel? Reports
17 Years Later, This Iron Man Scene Was the Darkest MCU Moment No One Realized
Guillermo del Toro
