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The screenwriter Paul Schrader, known for his works acclaimed by critics as “Taxi Driver”, “Raging Bull” and “First Reformed”, surprised the fans when he shared his apparent approval of artificial intelligence.
In a series of publications last week, Oscar nominated marveled at AI and Chatgpt capabilities in regard to his profession.
“I just realized that AI is smarter than me. It has better ideas and more efficient ways to execute them.” He wrote on January 16.
The scriptwriter and director of “Taxi Driver”, Paul Schrader, surprised fans with their interest in artificial intelligence. (Silver Screen/Loic Venance/AFP collection via getty images)
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He continued: “This is an existential moment, similar to what Kasparov felt in 1997 when he realized that Deep Blue was going to beat the chess,” referring to the great Russian chess teacher Garry Kasparov, who faced a supercomputer of IBM called Deep Blue. In a tournament and lost.
Later, that same day, Schrader shared another publication, saying: “I just sent Chatgpt a script that I had written a few years ago and asked for improvements. In five seconds he responded with notes such good or better than those he has ever received from a film executive.”
On January 17, Schrader declared that he was “surprised” by Chatgpt’s capabilities.
Paul Schrader said he felt that AI’s abilities were an “existential moment.” (Dipasupil/Getty images)
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He wrote: “I just asked Chatgpt ‘an idea for Paul Schrader’s movie.’ Then Paul Thomas Anderson. Then, Harmony Korine. Then, Ingmar Bergman. Then, Rossellini. And Lynch. Original and developed.
“Why should writers sit for months looking for a good idea when AI can provide it in seconds?”
“I just realized that AI is smarter than me. It has better ideas and more efficient ways to execute them.”
The last publication, as well as the others, generated a lot of discussion in the comments, and many were surprised that a scriptwriter and veteran director expressed so much interest in technology.
Paul Schrader has had a race of several decades and obtained a nomination for his 2017 “First reform” film. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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“It’s not so good, Paul. I have the first impression, I did the same. But read some paragraphs and you will see: it is an empty container. Zero emotional content (which in art is something important).” A person wrote.
“I doubt that the AI can ever write a line as lasting and resonant as’ Someday a real rain will come and wash the entire scum of the streets,” said another, referring to the script of “Taxi Driver” of Schrader.
“Why should writers sit for months looking for a good idea when AI can provide it in seconds?”
A person highlighted the need for AI models to be trained with existing materials and wrote: “For this to happen, it has to be a Paul Schrader, a Paul Thomas Anderson, a tarantine quentin, etc. If these writers did not publish their work first. He won’t even know them. “
Paul Schrader, to the center, wrote “Taxi Driver”, starring Robert De Niro, on the left, and directed by Martin Scorsese, one of his most famous films. (Neilson Barnard/Getty images)
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Several people also joked by saying that Schrader’s page had been pirated, given the amount of publications he shared about AI, and some asked “did this write this?”
Schrader also praised the 2013 film “Her”, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a man who falls in love with an artificial intelligence operating system, with the voice of Scarlett Johansson.
“It is even more relevant, prophetic and deeply spooky than ten years ago. This movie grows in stature. I liked it then, I love it now. There is only one equal,” he said about the movie.
In his reflections on AI, Paul Schrader praised the 2013 film “Her”, starring Scarlett Johansson as the voice of an AI operating system. (False images)
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The career of the writer and director of “American Gigolo” has not given slowdown signs. Last year premiered the drama “Oh, Canada”, starring Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi, and has a black film about “sexual obsession”, titled “Non Compos Místis”. By variety.
