Overview
- Speaking as a Marrakech Film Festival juror, Ortega warned that Hollywood is opening a 'Pandora's box' with AI.
- She argued that 'a computer has no soul' and praised the 'beauty in mistakes' that AI cannot replicate.
- Ortega said she hopes AI becomes 'mental junk food' that audiences ultimately reject in favor of more human work.
- A clip of her remarks drew backing on Reddit and X, with users citing sexualized deepfakes using celebrity faces and concerns about AI-driven misinformation.
- During the same event, Bong Joon Ho quipped about 'organizing a military squad' to destroy AI, and filmmaker Hakim Belabbes compared AI’s rise to a new form of cultural colonialism.