Denis Villeneuve, director of the hit sci-fi franchise Dune, expressed dismay about how individualism has suffered during the age of Big Tech.
Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, Villeneuve lamented that “human beings are ruled by algorithms right now,” adding that he keeps a strict no cell phone policy on his movie sets.
“We behave like AI circuits. The ways we see the world are narrow-minded binaries. We’re disconnecting from each other, and society is crumbling in some ways. It’s frightening,” he said.
When reporter Glenn Whipp noted that Villeneuve had been checking his phone while sharing those discomforting thoughts, he said that proved his point.
“There’s something addictive about the fact that you can access any information, any song, any book,” he said. “It’s compulsive. It’s like a drug. I’m very tempted to disconnect myself. It would be…
