Jesse Eisenberg "experiments" with AI to make sure it's still bad at writing

Jesse Eisenberg sleeps well at night—for now—knowing AI isn’t advanced enough to replace good old-fashioned human writing skills. In a new interview with Variety, Eisenberg and Julianne Moore, his co-star in his new A24 film The Debut, were asked how they feel about AI shaping Hollywood. While Moore expressed hope for the future and the yet-to-be-discovered filmmakers it may produce, Eisenberg admitted that he’s “totally paranoid.” That paranoia has led the writer, director, and actor to tinker with AI and test its writing capabilities to see just how worried he should be about it replacing his job. “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. The use of AI has been an ongoing hot topic among Hollywood creatives, with many vehemently opposing it, others expressing skepticism, and some embracing it. Eisenberg has tested AI by prompting it to write scenes, and the results speak for themselves. “I say, ‘Write a scene like this.’ I’m just testing it to make sure it’s bad, and it’s still bad,” he said. “So I’m relieved, but, like, how far away is it from being good? How far are we from a kid putting on a pair of goggles and saying, ‘I want to watch a movie about me where I rob a bank and then kiss the girl I’m in love with at school. Here are pictures of her, here are pictures of me’ and then they press play? I’m paranoid about that.”