Christopher Nolan, the Oscar-winning director whose new version of 'The Odyssey' is currently conquering the box office, said it's been 'pretty encouraging' to see deep skepticism of AI, especially from young people. Nolan was responding to a question from interviewer Hugo Travers, who publishes on YouTube under the name HugoDecrypte. Travers brought up the legendary Trojan horse, which plays a key role in Nolan's film ' just as the horse was a gift concealing murderous Greek invaders, he wondered if AI might be something 'that you welcome in your daily life' only to see it become 'something else and something darker.' 'I've never seen a technology advancing so rapidly [that's been] so completely rejected by the public,' he said. 'Everybody's suspicion of it is so extreme, particularly young people. The reaction to AI videos online and people my children's age immediately calling it 'AI slop' and coining that term and just putting it in a box.' In Nolan's view, this is 'a very...
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