

In a recent interview with Time Magazine, Leonardo DiCaprio gave his thoughts on artificial intelligence. DiCaprio does state that the technology “could be an enhancement tool for a young filmmaker to do something we’ve never seen before.” However, he also states that, in his eyes, the tool can never be considered art as it lacks a sense of humanity. Here’s DiCaprio’s full explanation:
I think anything that is going to be authentically thought of as art has to come from the human being. Otherwise — haven’t you heard these songs that are mashups that are just absolutely brilliant and you go, ‘Oh my God, this is Michael Jackson doing the Weeknd,’ or ‘This is funk from the A Tribe Called Quest song “Bonita Applebum,” done in, you know, a sort of Al Green soul-song voice, and it’s brilliant.’ And you go, ‘Cool.’ But then it gets its 15 minutes of fame and it just dissipates into the ether of other internet junk. There’s no anchoring to it. There’s no humanity to it, as brilliant as it is.
DiCaprio can be most recently seen in his acclaimed performance in One Battle After Another, which is currently available to rent or buy on digital platforms such as Prime Video, Apple TV, and FandangoNow.
