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'Piece by Piece' Director Morgan Neville Will Never Use AI Again
Back in 2021, Morgan Neville thought using AI to recreate the late Anthony Bourdain’s voice would be an interesting Easter egg in his documentary. He ended up being a canary in Hollywood’s AI coal mine.
Built using audio interviews with collaborators like Kendrick Lamar and Missy Elliott—many of which Neville conducted remotely during Covid-19 lockdowns—it’s a biopic of Williams’ life animated entirely with Lego. Still, when WIRED sat down with Neville, we covered a lot, from his next movie about Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles era to why his experience using artificial intelligence on his Anthony Bourdain documentary made him swear off the tech for good. One was what role Pharrell played in working on Wreckx-n-Effect’s “Rump Shaker” and the other was about Justified, which—according to urban legend—was full of beats the Neptunes had originally made for Michael Jackson.
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