Cate Blanchett 'deeply concerned' by AI impact

Cate Blanchett ‘deeply concerned’ by AI impact

The actress, Cate Blanchett told the BBC she is “deeply concerned” about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI).

Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the Australian actress said: “I’m looking at these robots and driverless cars and I don’t really know what that’s bringing anybody.”

Blanchett, 55, in London to promote her new film Rumours. It is an apocalyptic comedy about a group of world leaders trapped in a forest.

“Our film looks like a sweet little documentary compared to what’s going on in the world,” she said.

Asked whether she was worried about the impact of AI on her job Cate said she was “less concerned” about that and more “about the impact it will have on the average person”.

“I’m worried about us as a species, it’s a much bigger problem.”

In Rumours, Blanchett plays the Chancellor of Germany who hosts a G7 summit for other world leaders.

She said the political characters not based on real politicians and she “deliberately stepped away from that as that’s what an audience is going to bring to bear”.

The film’s director, Guy Maddin, added he intentionally does not reveal the ideologies or allegories of the characters. This because “there’s an attempt when making sense of a movie for an audience to project on to it a message, a lesson, to find themselves in it”.