{"id":625999,"date":"2026-04-23T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625999\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:46:17","slug":"im-just-a-curious-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625999\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Just A Curious Person\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reese Witherspoon has clarified her stance on artificial intelligence after her post declaring that the \u201cAI revolution has begun\u201d copped mass backlash on social media.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The actress took to Instagram last week to urge people, particularly women, to \u201clearn as much as [you] can\u201d about the technology and its applications or risk being \u201cleft behind\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jobs women hold are three times more likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/tech-gaming\/ai-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">to be automated by AI<\/a>, yet women are using AI at a rate 25 per cent lower than men on average,\u201d Witherspoon said.<\/p>\n<p>  <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@reesewitherspoon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@reesewitherspoon?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@reesewitherspoon<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Well\u2026I\u2019ve decided it\u2019s TIME. The AI revolution has begun, and I need to learn as much as I possibly can about AI and share it with all of you. Also, FYI: the jobs women hold are 3x more likely to be automated by AI, yet women are using AI at a rate 25% lower than men on average. We don\u2019t want to be left behind. So\u2026do you want to learn with me?<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Reese Witherspoon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7629384486911740703?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Reese Witherspoon<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>The post attracted criticism as followers warned Witherspoon of the ecological problems associated with AI data centres, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/news\/ai-blakface-bush-legend-tiktok-indigenous-avatar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">blurred lines around intellectual property<\/a> and the risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/careers\/job-factors-at-risk-of-ai-disruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">total automation<\/a>, with some accusing Witherspoon of being paid to promote the technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to stop it from happening,\u201d one criitc wrote on X. \u201cWhat is wrong with everyone just being all defeatist?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up post on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, Witherspoon wrote, \u201cI guess my Al post got people talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Want To Stay Up-To-Date<br \/>With PEDESTRIAN?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ped-article-subscribe-subtitle\">Get today\u2019s best stories in your inbox every afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, no one is paying me to talk about this. I\u2019m just a curious human. My kids are learning about Al tools, I know a lot of founders who are vibe coding, and I hear about people using Al in every sector of business,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Morning Show star went on to \u201cacknowledge\u201d people\u2019s \u201cvalid\u201d concerns about AI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m aware of the impact this could have on jobs across so many industries. I understand environmental concerns. I care deeply about local communities,\u201d Witherspoon wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe computers should replace humanity. I\u2019m planning on learning as much as possible so that I\u2019m educated about this technological revolution,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/reese-witherspoon-ai.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2120174\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\u201cI\u2019m just a curious person,\u201d Witherspoon wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Witherspoon\u2019s original post followed on from previous comments she made about AI, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/reese-witherspoon-women-ai-hollywood-1236504755\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Glamour Magazine<\/a> that \u201cyou can lament it all you want, but change is here\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AI has been a popular topic of debate in Hollywood in recent months with the debut of AI-generated performers like Tilly Norwood, becoming the centre of of reckoning in the industry as major companies execute mass lay-offs to make way for the incoming tidal wave<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/sandra-bullock-supports-ai-hollywood-1236724450\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sandra Bullock said<\/a> we should use AI in a \u201creally constructive and creative way\u201d but also \u201cbe incredibly cautious and aware of it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lead images: Getty Images and Instagram<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reese Witherspoon has clarified her stance on artificial intelligence after her post declaring that the \u201cAI revolution has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,86463,55906,105],"class_list":["post-625999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-backlash","tag-reese-witherspoon","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}