'Just F**k Off': Emma Thompson Shares Her Very Sweary Take On The Rise Of AI In Hollywood

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<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6901d7b01800004c7ffe488d.jpeg?cache=0H2xwhCtUb&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Dame Emma Thompson" data-caption="Dame Emma Thompson" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Dame Emma Thompson</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="news/emma-thompson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dame Emma Thompson</a> wants to make her feelings on the rise of <a href="news/ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AI</a> use in the film industry abundantly clear.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The two-time Oscar winner recently paid a visit to <a href="news/stephen-colbert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stephen Colbert</a>’s US talk show, where the host asked the <a href="news/love-actually/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Love Actually</a> star how she felt about what he described as the “coming AI revolution” in Hollywood.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“</span><span style="font-weight:400">Intense irritation. I cannot begin to tell you,” Dame Emma responded, taking particular issue with artificial intelligence trying to offer her tips on her writing (as well as her prolific acting career, Dame Emma is also a celebrated screenwriter, penning the likes of Nanny McPhee, Bridget Jones’s Baby and Sense &amp; Sensibility, for which she won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay).</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">She explained: “I write longhand on a pad, because I believe that there is a con
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