George Lucas: AI will make filmmaking easier

Filmmaker George Lucas, known for the "Star Wars" saga, embraces artificial intelligence as a beneficial technology that will streamline filmmaking. In an interview with "A Rabbit's Foot" magazine, Lucas stated that AI represents progress and the future, making movie production significantly easier.

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Artificial intelligence means that it is much easier for us to make movies.

While many in the film industry perceive AI as an existential threat due to concerns over copyright, dubbing, virtual actors, and AI-generated storyboards, Lucas finds outright rejection of the technology overly conservative. He likened such resistance to clinging to horse-drawn carriages in the age of automobiles, acknowledging the issues with cars but recognizing their eventual dominance.

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This is progress, this is the future.

Lucas conceded that AI carries risks but suggested it could also be a solution, capable of detecting fraudulent content or tracing its origin. Ultimately, he stressed that humans bear responsibility for their actions, asserting that illegal activities should have consequences, just as in real life.

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It's like sitting here and saying: 'I think the horse and carriage is the only way. These cars break down, they need gas, there are all sorts of problems with them, and soon you'll turn them into tanks that kill people. Terrible.'

Lucas, who was honored with the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for his lifetime achievement, sold his company Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012. His last directed film was in 2005. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is slated to open in Los Angeles in September.

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If you do something illegal, you should be punished for it. Whatever you do, it should have consequences. Just like in real life.