‘Like a billionaire on acid’: Star Wars director Gareth Edwards comes out in favour of AI

Speaking at Amazon's AI on the Lot event, the Rogue One film-maker Gareth Edwards said it'll do anything you ask' and it's going to be better than CGI'

Jurassic World Rebirth and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards has enthusiastically endorsed the use of generative AI in film-making, saying it is a fucking genius at helping you" and it's going to be better than CGI".

Edwards was speaking at AI on the Lot, an event in Culver City, California, organised by Amazon, and in remarks reported by the Hollywood Reporter said: I can't see a reason why you wouldn't become interested in this stuff as a film-maker. It's so clearly a tool that might be up there with the camera. It's going to be better than CGI."