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Leonardo DiCaprio Says AI Lacks Humanity, Calls It a Tool Not Art

The Time entertainer of the year used his profile to join Hollywood voices resisting generative technology.

Overview

  • In a new Time interview, DiCaprio said anything considered authentic art must originate from a human being.
  • He allowed that artificial intelligence could serve as an enhancement tool for young filmmakers experimenting with new techniques.
  • He praised some AI-generated song mashups as technically brilliant yet dismissed them as fleeting "internet junk" without anchoring or humanity.
  • He said he mourns the prospect of talented, experienced workers losing jobs because of accelerating use of AI.
  • His comments arrive alongside high-profile pushback from peers, including Guillermo del Toro’s rejection of generative tools, James Cameron’s ban on them for Avatar sequels, and Emma Thompson’s public irritation at AI rewrites.