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Emma Thompson Denounces AI on 'Late Show,' Calls Rewrite Prompts an 'Intense Irritation'

Unions are pressing for opt-in rules on AI use of creative work.

Overview

  • During a Late Show interview, Emma Thompson criticized AI as an "intense irritation" in her writing process.
  • She said she drafts scripts by hand to preserve a brain-to-hand connection, a method Stephen Colbert said he also relies on to memorize lines.
  • Thompson described word-processing prompts offering to rewrite her text and said she tells the software to "f–k off."
  • Her remarks follow Joseph Gordon-Levitt's recent call to pause the push toward super‑intelligent AI until safety standards are set.
  • SAG-AFTRA leaders have condemned OpenAI’s Sora 2 and argued that opt-out policies undermine consent, urging opt-in protections for performers’ work.