Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller disappoints everyone by taking part in an AI film festival: "AI is here to stay"

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Fans are not happy about George Miller's involvement with the AI event

Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road
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Australian filmmaker George Miller, best known for helming the ever-growing Mad Max franchise full of practical effects and marvelous sets, has shocked fans by taking part in an upcoming Australian AI film festival.

The director is set to lead the judging panel at Australia's first AI movie awards festival, Omni 1.0 AI film festival. However, despite the current and lengthy debate surrounding AI use in the film industry, Miller doesn't seem to be afraid to show support for AI in movies.

"AI is arguably the most dynamically evolving tool in making moving image," said Miller in an interview with The Guardian. "As a film-maker, I’ve always been driven by the tools. AI is here to stay and change things."

The director admitted he first joined the jury out of "intense curiosity," but now sees the AI movement as a modern-day renaissance, where, instead of oil paint giving artists "the freedom to revise and enhance their work over time," it's AI. "It’s the balance between human creativity and machine capability, that’s what the debate and the anxiety is about," added Miller. "It strikes me how this debate echoes earlier moments in art history."

Megan Garside
Megan Garside
Junior Social Media Editor, GamesRadar+

I'm the Junior Social Media Editor here at GamesRadar+, handling all of Total Film's social platforms. However, I also write, covering all things film and TV for the site's entertainment section. I joined GamesRadar+ in 2023 and have been here ever since. I previously worked in communications after graduating with an MA in journalism. In my spare time, you can find me binging horror movies or getting lost in a cosy little game on my Switch.

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