Tom Holland: AI 'Doesn't Have a Soul,' Artists Are Safe
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- Tom Holland said on Spain's "El Hormiguero" talk show Wednesday that "creativity is safe from AI because creativity has to do with the human experience," arguing AI "doesn't have a soul."
- Holland elaborated that AI "can sift through data, but it can't understand people's emotions" and cannot distinguish between happiness and sadness, making artists feel "protected."
- Holland appeared on "El Hormiguero" alongside Zendaya, plugging a packed summer slate that includes Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" (July 24) and "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" (July 31), with Zendaya in both.
- Guillermo del Toro amplified the same alarm Monday night, warning "we are on the verge of image illiteracy" and "cinema illiteracy" as AI rapidly develops.
- Reese Witherspoon and Sandra Bullock have spoken in favor of understanding and implementing AI in daily life, while Martin Scorsese has partnered with an AI company and plans to use its tech for storyboarding movies.
Why it matters: Hollywood's top creative talent is publicly splitting on AI: Holland and del Toro frame it as an existential threat to artistry, while Scorsese has already partnered with an AI firm and Witherspoon and Bullock are pushing adoption. With no unified guild stance emerging, AI integration in film will be driven by competing celebrity-led camps rather than industry consensus.
