<p>Bengluru: Creativity is not something that will be determined by Artificial Intelligence (AI), opined Chennai-based media technology expert Senthil Kumar on the second day of the 16th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) on Monday. </p><p>Participating in a panel discussion that explored the impact of the use of AI in films, problems of copyright and potential disruptions AI may cause without human regulation, Senthil Kumar said, “Cinema is a social experience. When we talk about the use of AI in cinema, we must look at how it will affect this social experience. Since AI works on the principles of generating information based on existing knowledge in the digital form, I quite agree that human creativity won’t come from AI.”</p><p>Touching upon his fascination with the sci-fi genre of cinema, Senthil Kumar spoke of Stanley Kubrick’s prescient classic, the 1968 film, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. “We saw HAL 9000, a computer that spoke to us in the Space Odyssey, and now we have at our disposal the AI and we can speculate what happens if the AI is hallucinating and misleading,” he said. </p>. <p>Film producer Biren Ghose, who was also part of the panel, said that AI-generated art would herald the next great artistic movement in history. “However, the Centre must release funds for AI research and development,” he noted.</p><p>On technological intervention in art, S Raghunath, corporate strategy and policy scholar, said one must always look at we need from art as opposed as what was possible. “What will AI do to us?’ is just a fear,” he said, adding, “When computers were first introduced for pilots, everybody got scared. But did it do any harm? It supported, and enhanced their abilities and capabilities. Stories are subject to human imagination. The use of a new technology like AI will enable us to see more than we would otherwise. It will make art more diverse,” he said. </p>. <p><strong>The way forward</strong></p><p>On the prospect of AI-written scripts as the way forward, CEO of Reliance Studios, Shibasish Sarkar, in a panel discussion on using AI in filmmaking, said, “AI-assisted scripts could be co-authored by humans for the copyright. Major lawsuits and policy-level changes could be made to make big players like Open AI, to pay royalties for artists and filmmakers whose work trains their AI models.”</p>
<p>Bengluru: Creativity is not something that will be determined by Artificial Intelligence (AI), opined Chennai-based media technology expert Senthil Kumar on the second day of the 16th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) on Monday. </p><p>Participating in a panel discussion that explored the impact of the use of AI in films, problems of copyright and potential disruptions AI may cause without human regulation, Senthil Kumar said, “Cinema is a social experience. When we talk about the use of AI in cinema, we must look at how it will affect this social experience. Since AI works on the principles of generating information based on existing knowledge in the digital form, I quite agree that human creativity won’t come from AI.”</p><p>Touching upon his fascination with the sci-fi genre of cinema, Senthil Kumar spoke of Stanley Kubrick’s prescient classic, the 1968 film, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. “We saw HAL 9000, a computer that spoke to us in the Space Odyssey, and now we have at our disposal the AI and we can speculate what happens if the AI is hallucinating and misleading,” he said. </p>. <p>Film producer Biren Ghose, who was also part of the panel, said that AI-generated art would herald the next great artistic movement in history. “However, the Centre must release funds for AI research and development,” he noted.</p><p>On technological intervention in art, S Raghunath, corporate strategy and policy scholar, said one must always look at we need from art as opposed as what was possible. “What will AI do to us?’ is just a fear,” he said, adding, “When computers were first introduced for pilots, everybody got scared. But did it do any harm? It supported, and enhanced their abilities and capabilities. Stories are subject to human imagination. The use of a new technology like AI will enable us to see more than we would otherwise. It will make art more diverse,” he said. </p>. <p><strong>The way forward</strong></p><p>On the prospect of AI-written scripts as the way forward, CEO of Reliance Studios, Shibasish Sarkar, in a panel discussion on using AI in filmmaking, said, “AI-assisted scripts could be co-authored by humans for the copyright. Major lawsuits and policy-level changes could be made to make big players like Open AI, to pay royalties for artists and filmmakers whose work trains their AI models.”</p>