M3GAN Star Allison Williams Shares Thoughts On Using AI For Filmmaking
In M3GAN, Allison Williams, who plays Gemma, spoke candidly about her thoughts on artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact on the future of filmmaking. After Cady's parents pass away in a car accident, Williams' character adopts her as an orphan and provides her with the sentient AI doll M3GAN as a companion. Due to her programming, M3GAN quickly starts taking her responsibility as Cady's defender too seriously and will kill anyone she believes to be a danger to Cady's physical or psychological well-being.
Williams was questioned about her thoughts on the potential use of real-world AI in filmmaking during an interview with The hollywood Reporter. The query was in keeping with M3GAN's thematic tie to the idea of AI. Williams talked about how while many occupations in the film industry can be considered replaceable, the human element present in films might not be machine replicable.
Williams doesn't think it will happen any time soon that AI programmes take the place of the human-crafted stories that appeal to vast audiences all over the world. Given M3GAN's function as a substitute for human connectivity, the query does, however, resonate with the usage of AI in a horror environment. Gemma effectively delivers Cady a phone in the shape of a robot by appointing M3GAN to operate as her guardian, replacing guardianship with a machine. The fundamental assumption of M3GAN emphasises the horrifying implications of AI taking the place of human interaction.