James Cameron wants moviegoers to know before “Avatar: Fire and Ash” opens in theaters worldwide that no generative AI was used in the making of the sequel. Speaking to ComicBook.com, the Oscar winner said he was speaking out on the matter not because he has a vendetta against generative AI but because he has an

Pour one out for AI actress Tilly Norwood’s team because Tilly ain’t getting a part in the next Avatar. Making the media rounds for Avatar: Fire And Ash, director James Cameron is making sure everyone knows that he did not use generative AI in the making of the latest Avatar.

James Cameron reveals Avatar: Fire & Ash could be the end of the franchise if it fails to make money to justify 4 and 5.

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“Now, go to the other end of the spectrum, and you’ve got generative AI, where they can make up a character,” the director says. “They can make up an actor. They can make up a performance from scratch with a text prompt. It’s like, no. That’s horrifying to me. That’s the opposite. That’s exactly what we’re not doing.”

The third film in James Cameron's groundbreaking franchise premiered in L.A., after the filmmaker said he'd be willing to walk away from his planned fourth and fifth movies if it's not a box office breakout.

It's no wonder Cameron is worried about the larger threat of AI - that's the central conflict of his beloved Terminator franchise, in which a megalomaniacal AI known as Skynet takes over the Earth through the use of nuclear weapons and the eponymous Terminator android assassins.