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Anti-AI sentiment gets big applause at SXSW 2024 as moviemaker dubs AI cheerleading as ‘terrifying bullsh**’


A whiff of anti-AI sentiment got big applause at the SXSW conference in Austin this afternoon. Award-winning writers and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel

A whiff of anti-AI sentiment got big applause at the SXSW conference in Austin this afternoon. In a conversation about the future of storytelling, the duo commented on the inevitable rise of AI and how to approach it, calling the technology both “amazing” and “terrifying.” Remarking that the crowd must love AI, given the hoots and hollering that was being heard, Kwan admitted that many people will call the technology amazing and he agreed.

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