In this stunningly realistic AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting, Hollywood’s top screenwriter warns that the industry is about to face major challenges from rapidly evolving new technology.
The 15-second video (watch below) depicts the two A-listers exchanging blows on a rooftop. This video was posted two days ago by Irish filmmaker Ruairi. Robinson was nominated for an Oscar in 2002 for the short film.
Screenwriter Rhett Reese (deadpool & wolverine, zombieland) discovered the video and posted extensive opinions about X.
“I hate to say it,” Reese started. “It’s probably the end for us.”
When a fan derided the video as still “shit,” Reese responded, “Soon, one person will be able to sit down at a computer and make a movie indistinguishable from anything Hollywood is putting out right now. Sure, it sucks if that person sucks. But if that person has the talent and taste of Christopher Nolan (and people like him are rapidly emerging), that’s going to be tremendous.”
Just in case some people took his “tremendous” comments as optimism about technology’s impact on the industry, Rees added: “To be clear, I’m not at all excited about AI encroaching on creative endeavors. In fact, I’m horrified. So many people I love are facing the loss of careers they love, and I myself am at risk. When I wrote, ‘It’s over,’ I didn’t mean it to sound blunt or flippant. The Pitt vs. Cruz video looked so professional that that’s exactly what scared me. If you really think the Pitt vs. Cruz video is unimpressive, I have nothing to worry about. ”
Robinson pointed out that his video was created by simply typing a two-line prompt.
“Hollywood has long been a gatekeeper, keeping young people and poor people away from creative outlets. When young people with no resources try to impress Hollywood, they will use tools like this, and a young Chris Nolan will be among them. And great. “I suspect (I might be wrong) that a lot of screenwriters are using AI a lot in their writing, and a lot of executives are using AI a lot in their writing analysis, so it’s funny that people are just sitting there watching,” Reese said. Because the AI is criticizing something it just created. ”
The comments come as AI insiders are sounding the alarm about the impact of AI technology, particularly on employment.
Entrepreneur Matt Schumer wrote a disturbing viral post titled “Something Big is Happening” that compared the current moment to the months just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States.
“What technology workers have experienced over the past year, watching AI go from being a ‘useful tool’ to ‘doing your job better than you,’ is what everyone else is about to experience,” he wrote. “Law, finance, medicine, accounting, consulting, writing, design, analysis, customer service… If you tried ChatGPT in 2023 or early 2024 and thought, ‘This works,’ or ‘This isn’t that impressive,’ you were right… The models available today are indistinguishable from the ones that existed six months ago.”
