Martin Scorsese is my favorite living director, alongside Steven Spielberg. They are two heavyweights, after all, and as cliché as it sounds, it’s normal for your average film buff to hold them in high regard… which doesn’t mean they can’t be criticized when they do something objectionable. This is the case with Scorsese, who after years of making his films in a handcrafted way, has now decided that it is time, in the twilight of his career, to surrender (oh, dear) to AI.

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The author, who has more than enough talent to create wonders like Killers of the Flower Moon, has decided to join Black Forest Labs, a company focused on AI, where he will act as an advisor, trying to “push the boundaries of creativity to create deeper and richer experiences for the audience”. Doesn’t it feel like you’ve read the same words eight hundred times in the last year?

As he himself has stated, “Cinema is a young medium, it’s about 125 years old, and we have to be open to its possibilities for evolution”. And if we have to steal from others, then we steal. “I used 3D technology with Hugo and de-aging for The Irishman. Now, with this tool, I can share what I visualize more clearly and efficiently with my creative team to build and enrich cinematic intelligence.” Marty, for god’s sake.

And what does all this talk translate to? Well, Scorsese will use it to create the storyboards for the scenes using the generative model FLUX. “If you have a tool like this you could figure out how to create complex shots more quickly and save production time”. Am I the only one who can’t wait for the bubble to burst as soon as possible?