Herzog says 'stereotypical' AI inferior to human directors

Paris: Legendary German director Werner Herzog, known for his epic shoots and daring bets, fears nothing on the film set especially not artificial...

Paris: Legendary German director Werner Herzog, known for his epic shoots and daring bets, fears nothing on the film set -- especially not artificial intelligence, which he tells AFP is "too stupid" to make good movies.

The director of "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (1972), which was perilously filmed in the jungle, and "Fitzcarraldo" (1982), for which he had a 300-tonne boat hauled over a mountain, does not believe artificial intelligence will change the world of cinema.

"It will be a wonderful tool for real estate," the famously eccentric and opinionated 82-year-old German told AFP.

"You can be in Paris, you can sit at home in Paris, and somebody offers you a house in Hawaii, and walks you through it. It's a perfect tool for this.

"But it is not a tool for storytelling," he said.