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Director Morgan Neville is steering away from generative AI after ‘Roadrunner’ backlash


One of the attention-grabbing points of “Roadrunner,” the Morgan Neville-directed documentary about Anthony Bourdain, was Neville’s use of generative AI to copy Bourdain’s voice.

Trying again now, Neville advised Wired that he noticed this as a “enjoyable” option to “preserve [Bourdain’s] voice going within the movie.” However his strategy drew intense criticism — whereas the artificial Bourdain solely learn phrases that the true Bourdain had really written, Neville stated many viewers assumed, “Oh, they only made [expletive] up.”

“Many individuals advised me that there have been different documentary initiatives that have been doing the identical factor, that every one reacted; they both modified what they have been doing or put big disclaimers over all the things,” he stated.

Since then, the director has “assiduously prevented” utilizing AI. Even in his new documentary “Piece by Piece,” during which he dramatizes musician Pharrell’s life with Legos (sure, actually), Neville was cautious to steer clear.

“Carl Sagan in [Piece by Piece] says, ‘Pharrell’ and I used to be very clear to all people that we have been, with permission of his widow, going to make him say ‘Pharrell’ with out utilizing AI,” Neville stated. “We really experimented to assemble the phrase from syllables [he actually said].”

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