Paul Feig Slams AI at Nantucket Festival, Calling It 'Our Old Ideas' in Career Award Speech
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Updated · Deadline · Jun 22
Paul Feig Slams AI at Nantucket Festival, Calling It 'Our Old Ideas' in Career Award Speech
2 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jun 22
Summary
Accepting a career achievement award at the Nantucket Film Festival, Paul Feig called AI a technology "literally none of us asked for" and said it can only remix "our old ideas."
Feig argued the real threat is economic as much as artistic, saying billionaires are pouring money into AI to cut workforces and boost profits rather than create original storytelling.
His answer was "HI" — human intelligence — urging storytellers to keep living, evolving and drawing on new experiences that AI, in his view, can only imitate after the fact.
The speech landed as Hollywood still wrestles with AI's role after major unions recently renewed studio and streamer contracts, easing strike risk but not broader worries over copyright and jobs.