Let me state for the record that I have no interest in watching, listening to or reading content generated by artificial intelligence. And if I must rate or review a film that uses AI extensively, I will label it “AI” (like I label silent films “Sl” and foreign-language films “FL“) and in most instances bump it down one star rating.

Films that use AI on a limited basis, such as The Brutalist (for tweaking the Hungarian-language dialogue) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (for repetitive animation processes) are more difficult to judge. I will label those films “mAI” for minimal AI and will not automatically bump down their star ratings but will instead decide on a film-by-film basis.

For more information on AI and its use in The Brutalist, I suggest checking out this episode of the In a Manner of Speaking podcast, which I co-produce.