Gore Verbinski Sounds Alarm on AI’s Threat to Storytelling

Director Gore Verbinski is raising concerns about the role of artificial intelligence in modern creativity. He says AI isn’t being used to solve big problems like curing diseases or exploring space.

Instead, it’s targeting areas like storytelling, art, and music. “It’s like saying it’s gonna breathe for you, it’s gonna f*** for you. It’s gonna take away,” Verbinski told reporters.

His latest project, the time-travel movie Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, centers on an AI antagonist and explores the dangers of advanced technology.

The film follows Sam Rockwell’s character, a time traveler, who arrives in the present to warn people that AI has destroyed humanity in the future. He then gathers a team to try to prevent that future—again. According to Dexerto, which attended Fantastic Fest, the film “captures both the humor and horror of where the world is heading.”

Verbinski, who hasn’t directed a film in nearly ten years since Pirates of the Caribbean, says the story felt urgent and relevant. “I think it’s important that this movie comes out now. I think it’s important that this movie is seen with an audience,” he explained.

On a personal level, Verbinski admits mixed feelings about AI. “I think it’s inescapable. It’s coming. It’s inevitable. I’m both apprehensive and excited, [but] it’s terrifying at the same time,” he said. He added that the movie’s title reflects his mindset: “You can either ignore it, or you can be afraid of it, or you can surf it.”

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