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Seth Rogen Rebukes AI Use in Screenwriting at Cannes

He used promotion of the hand-drawn film Tangles to press a case for human craft in writing.

Overview

  • At the Cannes Film Festival, Seth Rogen said writers who rely on AI "shouldn't be a writer" and told them to "go do something else."
  • In a Brut America interview, he dismissed viral AI demos as hype and called many examples "the most stupid dog s---" he has seen.
  • He said he avoids AI because he enjoys the craft of writing and does not want a tool that makes him write less.
  • Lauren Miller Rogen and author Sarah Leavitt backed him, saying AI cannot match lived experience or the creative process that shaped Tangles.
  • The hand-drawn Tangles premiered May 14 at Cannes with voices including Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bryan Cranston, reflecting wider pushback on AI that intensified after the 2023 writers’ dispute.