Avatar 3’s James Cameron Weighs in on AI in Films After Guillermo Del Toro

James Cameron has become the latest filmmaker to share his stance on the use of AI in movies, revealing whether he leveraged the technology to put together his Avatar flicks, including the upcoming Avatar 3, AKA Fire and Ash. In a recent interview, the visionary director opened up about the larger problem surrounding the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence before voicing his opinion on how this might affect cinema in the future.

James Cameron confirms he didn’t use AI ‘on the Avatar films’

While speaking about the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker highlighted the biggest problem with AI. He stated that conflicted human beings are the ones who would be navigating the technology’s growth.

“They have to be trained, they have to be taught, they have to be constrained in a way that they only work toward human good. The problem is, who makes that decision? Who decides what’s good for us? We can’t agree amongst ourselves on a damn thing. All the religions are at odds over ethics and morality, and so on. All the governments have different [ideas], so whose morality, whose sense of what’s best for us, is going to prevail?” James Cameron explained to ComicBook.

The Titanic director further added, “You can’t have alignment unless we as humans have consensus, and we have no consensus. We’re probably almost in a consensus-free world right now. And then you start adding disinformation and intentional misinformation. On top of that, it’s like, we’re not going to figure this out in time. And they’re racing straight at it with billions and billions being thrown at it.”

Talking about whether he used generative AI to make Avatar 3, or any of its predecessors, Cameron said, “I’m not negative about generative AI. We don’t use it on the Avatar films.” He continued, “We honor and celebrate actors. We don’t replace actors. That’s going to find its level.”

Furthermore, James Cameron finally addressed AI’s potential impact on creative jobs in the entertainment industry. He stated, “I think Hollywood will be self-policing on that. We’ll find our way through that. But we can only find our way through it as artists if we exist. So it’s the existential threat from big AI that worries me more than all that stuff.”

Meanwhile, Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash will arrive in theaters on December 19, 2025.

Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net