Steven Spielberg is withholding his judgment on artificial intelligence.
The 79-year-old filmmaker - who is the highest-grossing movie director of all time - has revealed that he's waiting to see how AI is used before forming a firm opinion.
Spielberg - who became a household name with the summer blockbuster Jaws in 1975 - said on the IMO podcast: "I'm kind of withholding judgment on AI until I see really how it is being used."
The Hollywood director observed that AI can be an effective tool "that can create and find solutions to medical issues" and in education.
However, Spielberg is much more doubtful of AI's capabilities in the creative industries.
The director - who previously helmed Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and Amistad - explained: "Where I don't love AI is where it takes a position, or there's an empty chair at a writer's table, and there's six writers and an empty chair and there's a computer in front of the empty chair and it is the seventh writer.
