Jodie Foster says F1 feels AI-made at Aspen Ideas panel

Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster suggested that the blockbuster racing film "F1" felt as if it could have been made by artificial intelligence, using the movie as a focal point in a broader discussion about AI's growing role in Hollywood. Foster made the remarks on Tuesday during a panel titled "Who Owns the Future of Hollywood" at the Aspen Festival of Ideas, where she appeared alongside former Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton.

Foster clarified that her observation was not meant as a criticism, noting the film's commercial and critical success. "I don't say this disparagingly-how could I? This movie went on to make millions of dollars," she said. She explained that the film's conventional narrative structure and precisely delivered dialogue gave it an algorithmic quality. "The structure was exactly the structure that you would learn in school. The actors say the lines exactly the way it would be written if a computer was writing exactly what would be the right thing for that time," Foster remarked. She added that the filmmakers had "dominated the technology to make something big and beautiful."

The Joseph Kosinski-directed film, starring Brad Pitt, was a...