George Lucas compares AI sceptics to Luddites amid director split on AI in filmmaking

George Lucas has said resistance to AI in filmmaking is like clinging to horse and buggy, as other directors voice contrasting views.

• Lucas, in an interview, said AI makes filmmaking easier and likened sceptics to people who believed horses and buggies were superior to cars.
• Gareth Edwards called generative AI "a fucking genius at helping you" in filmmaking.
• Christopher Nolan said the public, especially young people, have rejected AI with "disdain" and coined the term "AI slop".
• Steven Soderbergh expressed ambivalence, saying AI is neither the solution to everything nor the death of everything.