LOS ANGELES — Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said he would "rather die" than use generative AI in his work while promoting his Netflix adaptation of "Frankenstein."

"AI, particularly generative AI — I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak," he said while speaking to NPR on Thursday. "The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, 'What is your stance on AI?' And my answer was very short. I said, 'I'd rather die.'"

He said artificial intelligence inspired some aspects of his adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic novel character Victor Frankenstein, played by Oscar Isaac.

"My concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity. I think that's what drives most of the w

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