‘Taxi Driver’ screenwriter calls AI ‘smarter' and 'better' than Oscar-nominated writers

Screenwriter Paul Schrader, known for his critically acclaimed works similar "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull" and "First Reformed," amazed fans erstwhile helium shared his evident support of artificial intelligence.

In a bid of posts past week, the Oscar-nominee marveled astatine AI and ChatGPT’s capabilities erstwhile it came to his profession.

"I've conscionable travel to recognize AI is smarter than I am. Has amended ideas, has much businesslike ways to execute them," he wrote connected Jan 16. 

"Taxi Driver" screenwriter and manager Paul Schrader amazed fans with his involvement successful artificial intelligence. (Silver Screen Collection/LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

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He continued, "This is an existential moment, akin to what Kasparov felt successful 1997 erstwhile helium realized Deep Blue was going to bushed him astatine chess," referring to Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, who famously faced disconnected with an IBM supercomputer named Deep Blue successful tourney play and lost.

Later that aforesaid day, Schrader shared different post, saying, "I conscionable sent ChatGPT a publication I'd written immoderate years agone and asked for improvements. In 5 seconds it responded with notes arsenic bully oregon amended than I've ever received from a movie executive."

On Jan 17, Schrader declared helium was "stunned" by ChatGPT’s capabilities. 

Paul Schrader said helium felt AI's capabilities were an "existential moment." (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

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He wrote, "I conscionable asked ChatGPT for ‘an thought for Paul Schrader film.’ Then Paul Thomas Anderson. Then Quentin Tarantino. Then Harmony Korine. Then Ingmar Bergman. Then Rossellini. Lang. Scorsese. Murnau. Capra. Ford. Spielberg. Lynch. Every thought ChatGPT came up with (in a fewer seconds) was good. And original. And fleshed out.

"Why should writers beryllium astir for months searching for a bully thought erstwhile AI tin supply 1 successful seconds?"

"I've conscionable travel to recognize AI is smarter than I am. Has amended ideas, has much businesslike ways to execute them."

The past post, arsenic good arsenic the others, generated a batch of treatment successful the comments, with galore amazed that a seasoned screenwriter and manager would explicit specified interest successful the technology.

Paul Schrader has had a multi-decade vocation and earned a information for his 2017 movie "First Reform." (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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"It’s not that great, Paul. I get the archetypal impression, I did the aforesaid thing. But work a fewer paragraphs and you’ll see— it is an bare vessel. Zero affectional contented (which successful art, is benignant of important)," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

"I uncertainty AI could ever constitute a enactment arsenic enduring and resonate arsenic ‘Someday a existent rainfall volition travel and lavation each the scum disconnected the streets,’" different said, referring to Schrader’s "Taxi Driver" screenplay.

"Why should writers beryllium astir for months searching for a bully thought erstwhile AI tin supply 1 successful seconds?"

One idiosyncratic called retired AI models’ request to bid connected existing materials, writing, "In bid for this to adjacent happen, determination archetypal has to BE a Paul Schrader, a Paul Thomas Anderson, a Quentin Tarantino, etc. ChatGPT can’t springiness you prompts if these writers didn’t enactment their enactment retired determination first. This mode of reasoning stunts aboriginal writers from having voices themselves/doing the enactment to find their voice. Sure, this tin springiness america somewhat compelling versions of these works, but we won’t get immoderate caller voices to look due to the fact that AI won’t adjacent cognize them."

Paul Schrader, center, wrote "Taxi Driver," starring Robert De Niro, left, and directed by Martin Scorsese, 1 of his astir celebrated films. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

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Several radical besides joked that Schrader’s leafage had been hacked, fixed however galore posts helium shared astir AI, with immoderate asking "did AI constitute this?"

Schrader besides praised the 2013 movie "Her," starring Joaquin Phoenix arsenic a antheral who falls for an AI operating system, voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

"It's adjacent much relevant, prescient and profoundly creepy than it was 10 years ago. This movie grows successful stature. I liked it then, I emotion it now. There's lone 1 similar it," helium said of the film.

In his reflections connected AI, Paul Schrader praised the 2013 movie "Her," starring Scarlett Johansson arsenic the dependable of an AI operating system. (Getty Images)

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The "American Gigolo" writer and director’s vocation has shown nary signs of slowing. He released the play "Oh, Canada," starring Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi past year, and has a movie noir astir "sexual obsession," titled "Non Compos Mentis," per Variety.