While the majority of Hollywood is fearful of the impact artificial intelligence could have on the industry — most recently in the form of AI actress Tilly Norwood — “ Mad Max ” director George Miller likens it to how the Renaissance movement affected painting.

Speaking to The Guardian ahead of leading a jury at the Omni AI Film Festival in Australia, Miller said the debate around AI “echoes earlier moments in art history,” particularly during the Renaissance era, when the introduction of oil painting “gave artists the freedom to revise and enhance their work over time.”

“That shift sparked controversy – some argued that true artists should be able to commit to the canvas without corrections, others embraced the new flexibility,” Miller told The Guardian. “A similar debate unfold

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