Accusing the movieThe Brutalistof using generative AI is almost too perfect an awards-season attack.
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If youre coming from the Anglo-Saxon world certain sounds can be particularly hard to grasp, Jancso said.
We were very careful about keeping their performances.
Its mainly just replacing letters here and there.
A similar phenomenon took place aroundThe Brutalist.
There doesnt appear to be a victim here.
The case of the drawings is murkier.
All images were hand-drawn by artists.
Regardless, this use-case muddies some of the traditional arguments against AI.
Here, the tech does not appear to have put any human artists out of work.
(The terrible environmental effects of AI remain germane, though few films would pass an environmental-impact assessment.)
Whatever your feelings about AI ethics, everyone agrees thatThe Brutalistis particularly vulnerable to any association with AI.
Not to mention what it may say about the work of fictional hero Laszlo Toth.
These sorts of things do happen, though.
I didnt feel they were worth publishing, though a blogger from another outlet eventually ran the story.
The actor, who was eventually nominated, was entirely unaffected.
That seems to be the consensus about this controversy, too.
A member of the Academys writers branch offered his own take to me after the nominations.
AI is the great monster looming over us all at the moment, he said.
But he was fatalistic about the industrys ability to resist.
Trying to forestall technological progress was like trying to stop the tide: Forget about it.
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Thenominations for the 2025 Academy Awardswere announced earlier this week.
you’re able to read about allthe snubs and surprises here.
