‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’
In Brief Posted: 2:53 PM PST · November 30, 2025 Image Credits:Disney Anthony Ha ‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’ James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology — especially the “Avatar” films, with their heroic blue Na’vi characters brought to life through performance capture. But that doesn’t make Cameron a fan of generative AI. In a CBS Sunday Morning interview tied to the upcoming release of “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the director acknowledged that performance capture (where an actor’s performance is recorded as a template for digital artists) can sound similar to genAI. But in reality, he said it’s “the opposite.” “For years, there was this sense that, ‘Oh…
