Jenna Ortega says AI "has no soul" and no place in filmmaking

The 23-year-old actress believes audiences will ultimately grow weary of AI, given its inability to capture genuine human qualities.

As quoted by Deadline, she said during the jury press conference at Marrakech Film Festival: "There is really charm in the human condition... as humans, we have a tendency to always, when you look back at history, take things too far. It's very easy to be terrified. I know I am in times like this of deep uncertainty. And it kind of feels like we've opened up a Pandora's Box."

She continued: "There's certain things that AI just isn't able to replicate, and yes, there's beautiful, difficult mistakes, and a computer can't do that. A computer has no soul, and it's nothing that we would ever be able to resonate with or relate to."

Jenna, who was serving as a jury member, added: "I don't want to assume for the audience, but I would hope it gets to a point where it becomes some sort of mental junk food, AI and looking at the screen, and then suddenly we all feel sick, and we don't know why, and then that one independent filmmaker in their backyard comes out with something, and it releases this new excitement again."

Parasite filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, 56, echoed Jenna's opinion on AI, sharing: "My official answer is, AI is good because it's the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I'm going to organise a military squad, and their mission is to destroy AI."