James Cameron says he may explore new 'ethical' generative-AI tech to make more 'Avatar' films faster — but he will never replace actors and artists "I don't wanna spend another [8] years on two more Avatar films in my life at the age of 71, so I wanna figure out how to do them faster, which will make it cheaper" "Now, does generative AI play a role in that? It may ... as long as we stay within the ethical boundaries of never replacing the actors, never replacing the artists ... never replacing me as a director, or the writers" "That's a bit of a tall order right now because the generative AI tools are not really designed to integrate into the conventional VFX workflows, we would have to create them" "The big companies that are pushing all this stuff are just interested in business to business models ... medical diagnosis ... fun stuff to do you can share with your pals ... things like that. They're not professional tools for entertainment. We would have to create that" (via Q with Tom Power)