Jesse Eisenberg keeps testing AI to make sure it's still bad at writing

What he said. Asked on Variety's Awards Circuit podcast (published Nov. 6) whether he is nervous about AI and the film industry, Jesse Eisenberg said he has "a paranoid answer." "I sometimes experiment with AI to see whether it's good at writing. And it's still not. I'm paranoid, so I check and it still isn't. Thank God," he said. "I say, 'Write a scene like this.' I'm just testing it to make sure it's bad, and it's still bad. So I'm relieved, but, like, how far away is it from being good?" (Variety (opens in a new tab))

The part that worries him. He described a future where a kid puts on goggles, uploads a few photos and asks for a personal movie in which they rob a bank and kiss their crush, then presses play. His comfort: people still want to watch stories in the same room, as with the Greek plays he performs. His worry: "whether we'll still be able to make a living from it. I'm not 100% sure about that." Julianne Moore, his co-star in the A24 musical comedy The Debut, was more hopeful, saying new creative voices keep appearing.