Jenna Ortega Hates AI For The Same Reason We Should All Hate AI

By Andrew Sanford | Celebrity | August 25, 2024 |

By Andrew Sanford | Celebrity | August 25, 2024 |

Someone once described their dream ideals for AI to me. They spoke of a kind of collective intelligence. The idea is that Artificial Intelligence could be a kind of representation of humanity. This information hub is then sent into space as a representative of the world writ-large. It would then, ideally, communicate with extraterrestrial life forms, informing them of all we have accomplished. The idea is noble enough. Regardless, while presenting itself as an idea to take humans to the next level, it removes humanity from the equation.

This pie-in-the-sky use of AI requires a few caveats. For one, it presents a world where humanity has agreed to have the same information on one space-faring representative. As one country, we can’t even agree on something most of us saw unfold live. There’s also something decidedly inhuman about letting a machine take our message to the stars. All of this also disregards the idea that should an AI grow this strong, it will likely destroy or abandon humanity as we are a clear threat to ourselves and our planet.

Pro and anti-AI people can easily go sci-fi with their ideas. That’s the allure of all kinds of future tech. It’s the future! Even the grim possibilities feel like they could (and have) be the subject of a rad summer blockbuster. Artificial intelligence has been written about for years, and it has finally reached a point where it can make a difference. The problem is that thanks to a plethora of greedy CEOs and rampant cabals of disgusting dweebs, AI has been used for s*** reasons.

Companies of all kinds have relied on AI to cut jobs and increase profits. No sector is safe. AI can take on many forms and seems much more profitable to those up top. That’s because it’s been pitched that way. Its biggest proponents will tell you that it doesn’t take away jobs but merely makes them easier for those willing to rely on a computer. The same people who use that nonsensical logic also see AI as a way to “democratize art.” If that sounds like bulls***, that’s because it is!

Being skillful in any art form takes time, patience, and practice. People spend their whole lives honing and crafting artistic skills. The practice never stops! This idea that you can take a shortcut that also involves stealing the work of others should only appeal to the worst that humanity has to offer. These talentless hacks are as low as low can get. But, as we are talking about human beings moving forward as a species, it shouldn’t surprise you that people have found an even more insidious use for AI.

Jenn Ortega recently sat down to chat with the folks at the New York Times about her upcoming film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. After the long-awaited sequel, Ortega will be appearing in an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun and will play the titular robot. This led to the actress reflecting on her experiences with artificial intelligence, which have been “terrifying,” according to her.

“I hate AI,” Ortega said. “I mean, here’s the thing: AI could be used for incredible things. I think I saw something the other day where they were saying that artificial intelligence was able to detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That’s beautiful. Let’s keep it to that.” Yes! That’s a logical assessment if there ever was one (and better than some others Ortega has made lately. Unfortunately, Ortega arrived at this conclusion the hard way. “Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No,” the actress explained. “It’s terrifying. It’s corrupt. It’s wrong.”

Ortega then revealed that she had (been forced) to start a Twitter and deleted it after facing harassment. “I used to have that Twitter account and I was told that, ‘Oh, you got to do it, you got to build your image.’ I ended up deleting it about two, three years ago because the influx after the show had come out — these absurd images and photos, and I already was in a confused state that I just deleted it.” She added, “It was disgusting, and it made me feel bad. It made me feel uncomfortable. Anyway, that’s why I deleted it, because I couldn’t say anything without seeing something like that. So one day I just woke up, and I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t need this anymore.’ So I dropped it.”

Deleting Twitter won’t keep people from making inappropriate images of female celebrities. But, this is the hand they have been dealt. This is what happens when a new technology is used by terrible, awful people under the guise of “freedom” and “creativity.” These monsters attempt to remove the human element. Because that’s what these images do. They dehumanize people and treat their lives as nothing more than fodder for their keyboard-laden fingers. It is bad and unless something is done, it will only get worse.