Michael Bay said AI doesn’t CREATE but just IMITATES to create a whole bunch of lazy people

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Michael Bay said AI doesn’t CREATE but just IMITATES to create a whole bunch of lazy people. 

Michael Bay on AI — “It doesn’t CREATE, it just IMITATES. And it will create a whole bunch of lazy people. So to all the original creators out there, have no fear!”

Although Transformers ranks among Michael Bay’s renowned works, the director was not always keen on creating the film franchise – here’s what convinced him to helm the live-action movies. With box office numbers as over-whelming as Michael Bay’s action scenes, the first Transformers live-action movie was released in 2007 and has received five blockbuster sequels and a prequel that have earned billions of dollars combined at the global box office. A sixth movie, titled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, is scheduled for 2023, and owing to the franchise’s popularity, it will likely garner similar box office returns as its predecessors.

As reported by Collider, it doesn’t sound like Bay is interested in stepping into any of the shared cinematic universes. Bay told reporters on “The Last Knight’s” set that prefers to work in a film universe that he’s created himself, like the “Transformers” one. He doesn’t find playing in a larger studio’s sandbox appealing.

“I wouldn’t want to, it’s not my thing, it’s just not my gig,” said Bay. “I don’t ever wanna take someone like a third of something or second of something. I gotta do my own thing, ’cause the most fun is when a real director creates the world. You know, you talk to Ridley Scott, one of our favorite things to do is to create the world. Steven Spielberg, create the world. That is what it’s about. If I were to do something I would have to redo it my way.”

With so many live-action films under the Transformers brand, Michael Bay’s take on the Hasbro toy adaptation may not have the best critical ratings. However, since the Bad Boys director pioneered all the technical specs and narrative elements required to effectively traverse the toys to the big screen, he deserves credit for paving the way for the movie franchise. Affirming this, The Making Of “TRANSFORMERS” Behind The Scenes shows all the effort that went into creating the box office success of the first Transformers movies. Surprisingly, the BTS documentary also reveals that Michael Bay was initially iffy about making Transformers.