{"id":385499,"date":"2026-04-18T07:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385499\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T07:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:53:09","slug":"sandra-bullock-backs-constructive-use-of-ai-in-hollywood-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385499\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Bullock backs \u2018constructive\u2019 use of AI in Hollywood films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Studio Warner Bros. acknowledged the unofficial Practical Magic 2 AI trailers are not \u201cgreat\u201d but thinks they highlight people\u2019s interest in the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Warner Bros Motion Pictures co-chair and chief executive Pam Abdy said: \u201cI know it\u2019s not great, but it\u2019s also exciting. Because that means that there\u2019s a desire for it and that means that people want to come and play with the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Sandra isn\u2019t the only Hollywood star to look at the positive side of AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Uma Thurman recently insisted she doesn\u2019t \u201csee the point\u201d of being \u201cnervous\u201d about the technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">She told America\u2019s InStyle magazine: \u201cI\u2019m sure there are going to be great positives, and I\u2019m sure there\u2019s going to be great cost, which is the case with most things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI don\u2019t see the point in getting nervous. The whole idea of a \u2018new normal\u2019 is scheduled heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur challenge is to be fluid and dextrous and open-minded and positive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhat else are we doing on this planet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Director James Cameron recently admitted he is interested in how AI could be used to cut special effects costs, though he isn\u2019t convinced the technology will take over the world in the way some people fear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">The Avatar: Fire and Ash film-maker told The Times newspaper: \u201cWell, artificial super-intelligence is a really bad idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBecause societally we can\u2019t agree on one goddamn thing and until we can agree on what is good, virtuous, ethical and moral, we cannot teach a machine to do that and run things for us. So guys, stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Studio Warner Bros. acknowledged the unofficial Practical Magic 2 AI trailers are not \u201cgreat\u201d but thinks they highlight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,9556,363,364,32319,29385,102531,199983,434,4223,78,9557,296,158728,9812,111,139,69,1118,34260,145,6306],"class_list":{"0":"post-385499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-artificialintelligence","12":"tag-backs","13":"tag-believes","14":"tag-bullock","15":"tag-constructive","16":"tag-films","17":"tag-hollywood","18":"tag-in","19":"tag-intelligence","20":"tag-into","21":"tag-lean","22":"tag-needs","23":"tag-new-zealand","24":"tag-newzealand","25":"tag-nz","26":"tag-of","27":"tag-sandra","28":"tag-technology","29":"tag-use"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}