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Andrew Garfield says he stopped using ChatGPT after playing Sam Altman in Artificial, telling Variety he felt “a little mistrusting” of the technology.
Why it mattersHe said he had used it mainly as a “fancy Google” for research, and worried that the people encouraging its use might not fully understand its capabilities. It is one actor’s personal reaction, not an assessment of ChatGPT’s performance, but it puts a familiar question in a rather unusual spotlight: should people promoting AI be expected to understand its limits before urging everyone else to use it?
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Watch Desk Update What changedAndrew Garfield says the film about OpenAI’s beginnings sharpened his concerns about how AI is developed and promoted. In an interview recounted by Thought Catalog, he also drew a distinction between his own limited use of ChatGPT and people who may rely on it more heavily.
Garfield said he had used the chatbot mainly for research, as a “fancy Google”, and acknowledged that people in other industries might depend on it more than he did. The film’s conflict over the pace of AI development and attention to safety risks is central to its story, Thought Catalog reports.
He also said he does not believe actors will be made obsolete by AI, arguing that human storytelling still matters. And while he expressed compassion for Altman seeing a version of himself on screen, Garfield said powerful people should face scrutiny.
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- Andrew Garfield’s “Norman Bates-Inspired Turn” as Sam Altman Scared Him Out of Using Chatgpt - Thought Catalog: Thought Catalog reports that Andrew Garfield says the film about OpenAI’s beginnings made him question ChatGPT, while also acknowledging that people in other industries may rely on it more than he did. He says he does not believe AI will make actors obsolete and that powerful people should face scrutiny.
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