Betty Gilpin, Damon Lindelof, and more give us their thoughts on the rise of ChatGPT.
Other characters aid the resistance for their own reasons.
It takes a long time to make a TV show, especially one as creative asMrs.
Betty Gilpin on ‘Mrs. Davis.'.Elizabeth Morris/PEACOCK
We asked the cast and creators for their thoughts.
As a parent, Gilpin finds herself pulled in different directions when it comes to advancing technology.
“I think about it a lot,” she tells EW.
Jake McDorman and Chris Diamantopoulos on ‘Mrs. Davis.'.Elizabeth Morris/PEACOCK
“I have a two-year-old, and I am trying to limit her exposure to screens.
So far, she’s not addicted.
So I’m telling her it’s poison while I’m fully addicted to it.”
Gilpin continues, “I hope that our generation is just driving without seatbelts.
We don’t know how to use it for good.
I don’t know.
It’s terrifying.”
Within the show, the resistance against the AI is led bythe hyperbolic muscleman JQ (Chris Diamantopoulos).
In real life, Diamantopoulos has a more nuanced view of technological development.
He cautions against getting too scared by inflammatory statements about new inventions.
But if it’s utilized as a tool, it can be magnificent," Diamantopoulos says.
“You think I don’t want to seea de-aged Harrison Ford in the newIndiana Jones?
Of course I do!
Now, I don’t want to watch a two-hour movie with a de-aged Harrison Ford the whole time.
That’s not interesting to me.
But using it as a tool is marvelous.”
Diamantopoulos continues, “we’re human beings making the stories and human beings watching the stories.
I’m not getting anything from this.’
That’s the alchemical nature of this business we do.
And it’s definitely not in the chatbot’s hands.
Mrs. Davisco-creators Tara Hernandez andDamon Lindelofare certainly amused at the timely relevance of their show.
“As humans, we all need help and guidance, and we certainly did during the pandemic.
We were just craving direction and help,” Hernandez tells EW.
It does feel like ChatGPT is the thing of the moment.
Lindelof, meanwhile, says that his views of AI have changed for the worse since working onMrs.
“Our feeling about algorithms and AI coming intoMrs.
Daviswas like, ‘Oh, they’re kind of dumb.’
And so, once you eliminate the apprentice position, then who’s next?”
How and when AI will be used as a tool by human creatives are questions still to be divided.
In the meantime, the fictional struggle against AI comes to a head in theMrs.
Davisfinale next week on Peacock.
