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Andrew Garfield Dumps ChatGPT After Playing Sam Altman in 'Artificial'
Confirmed
In Short: Actor Andrew Garfield has stopped using ChatGPT after playing Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, in the film 'Artificial,' which explores the company's origins and Altman's brief removal from his position in 2023.
In an interview with Thought Catalog, Garfield expressed his concerns about the technology, saying, 'I got a bit scared... I felt a little mistrusting of the technology. It feels like the people who are encouraging us to use the technologies don’t exactly know its capacities themselves. That feels a little irresponsible, to me personally.'
Garfield acknowledged that he had previously used ChatGPT as a 'fancy Google' for research purposes, but after his role in 'Artificial,' he decided to stop using it altogether.
The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, has garnered critical acclaim, with Variety's Clayton Davis comparing Garfield's performance to that of Anthony Perkins in 'Psycho,' suggesting Garfield could be a frontrunner for a supporting actor Oscar nomination.
Garfield's portrayal of Altman was praised for its precision, with co-star Will Angus noting, 'He has this vocal fry in between lines, kind of when he’s thinking, that he really nailed,' and 'The walk, the head movements. It was spooky.'
Garfield also expressed compassion for someone seeing a version of themselves depicted on screen, while also believing that powerful figures should face scrutiny.
Despite his decision to stop using ChatGPT, Garfield remains optimistic about the future of actors in the age of AI, stating, 'I don’t think actors are going to be rendered useless.'
The film 'Artificial' delves into the complex relationship between technology and humanity, with Garfield emphasizing the importance of actors in preserving the soul of humanity.
Garfield’s decision to stop using ChatGPT highlights the growing concerns about the technology's impact and the need for responsible use.
Working on 'Artificial' has not only led Garfield to reconsider his relationship with ChatGPT but also to reflect on the broader implications of AI in society.
What this adds
The film 'Artificial' explores OpenAI's beginnings and the board's removal of Altman in 2023, followed by his reinstatement five days later.
Garfield was once one of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users.
Background
An OpenAI publicist tried to redirect a conversation with CEO Sam Altman when a journalist brought up a ChatGPT user's suicide.
What's confirmed
- “He has this vocal fry in between lines, kind of when he’s thinking, that he really nailed,” Angus said.
- “As an actor, I was using it as a kind of fancy Google for some research purposes,” Garfield said.
- “I don’t think actors are going to be rendered useless,” Garfield said.
What's still developing
- Artificial explores OpenAI’s beginnings and the board’s removal of Altman in 2023, followed by his reinstatement 5 days later.
- He acknowledged that people working in other industries might depend on ChatGPT more than he did.
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- Will Angus, who plays former OpenAI employee and Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei, singled out the precision of Garfield’s imitation.
- “Luckily, I don’t need [ChatGPT] in my life in the same way that other people in other industries might,” Garfield explained.
- Andrew Garfield was once one of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users.
- That was before he played OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino’s “ Artificial,” which centers on the company’s origin story and Altman’s dramatic 2023 outing (the board reinstated him just five days later).
- Variety’s Clayton Davis praised Garfield’s “Norman Bates-inspired turn” and predicted he could emerge as a frontrunner for a best supporting actor nomination at this year’s Academy Awards.