At SXSW 2024, award-winning filmmakers DANIELS criticized AI cheerleading, expressing concerns about the impact of AI on storytelling and human worth.

Anti-AI sentiment gained applause at SXSW 2024 where storytellers criticized AI cheerleading as "terrifying bullsh**". Award-winning filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (DANIELS) discussed the future of storytelling and the rise of AI, calling it both "amazing" and "terrifying". They questioned the narrative of inherent human worth and the influence of modern capitalism on the perception of personal value.

March 12, 2024
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