Seth Rogen denounces AI scriptwriting at Cannes
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that using AI to write stories or scripts means you shouldn’t be a writer.
- Seth Rogen said AI‑generated content is “the most stupid dog shit I’ve ever seen” and that he doesn’t understand its purpose.
- Seth Rogen emphasized that he likes writing and that a tool that makes him write less is unappealing.
- Seth Rogen is at Cannes to promote his new animated film “Tangles,” a hand‑drawn story about a young woman coping with her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
- Miller Rogen (Seth’s wife) said she related to the film’s protagonist because her own mother, a teacher, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her early 50s, sharing feelings of denial, fear, and aloneness.
Why it matters: Rogen’s blunt rejection of AI‑generated scripts reinforces a human‑centric view of storytelling, signaling to studios and writers that reliance on such tools may be seen as inauthentic. At the same time, his promotion of a hand‑drawn animated film showcases a labor‑intensive alternative, benefitting traditional animators and writers who prioritize craft.
