{"id":880126,"date":"2026-09-04T20:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/880126\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:44:14","slug":"maggie-gyllenhaal-wasnt-impressed-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/880126\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Gyllenhaal Wasn\u2019t Impressed With AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The role artificial intelligence should play in art is one of Hollywood\u2019s hottest debates. Some people are excited about what the new technology can do<\/a>, while others are scared of what it means about the future of creativity. Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/a>, it seems, has found a middle ground. Speaking on a panel at the Venice Film Festival, the director told the audience<\/a> that she tried using AI on her new short film and just thought that it wasn\u2019t very good. Who could\u2019ve guessed?<\/p>\n

\u201cI did try working with AI on this project,\u201d said Gyllenhaal, whose short film Flesh Impact stars Dakota Johnson <\/a>as Marilyn Monroe. \u201cThe people who commissioned this project from me asked me to use AI. And I thought \u2014 I mean, they weren\u2019t using OpenAI, they were using licensable AI, training it off of Marilyn Monroe films that we had licensed. And I went for it. I was like, All right, I\u2019m curious, I don\u2019t know, let\u2019s see.\u201d<\/p>\n

The result? \u201cIt fundamentally did not work,\u201d Gyllenhaal said. The process included using AI to put Monroe\u2019s face on top of Johnson\u2019s. As it turns out, Johnson is simply a better actor than whatever the AI could muster up. \u201cWe worked hard at it, and in the end, I threw it away because what was coming through Dakota playing Marilyn Monroe was so much more moving, human, alive,\u201d Gyllenhaal continued. \u201cAll the reasons I decided to make this project to begin with were killed off in the AI version.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than anything, this makes Gyllenhaal look really good. She\u2019s got an open mind and a good eye for when something looks like garbage. As a bonus, we\u2019re going to get to see Johnson give it her all as Monroe, unassisted by tech \u2014 a real win-win for everyone.<\/p>\n

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