Film & Media
Guillermo del Toro says 'absolutely no goddamn AI' was used in the Pan's Labyrinth remaster
At Comic-Con, Guillermo del Toro declared his Pan's Labyrinth remaster free of AI and condemned technology's impact on art.
In brief
Del Toro told a Comic-Con audience that 'absolutely no goddamn AI' was used in the new Pan's Labyrinth theatrical version.
He warned that AI would cut off future generations from learning craft, framing the issue as protecting 'a lineage of art' rather than jobs.
At a Comic-Con panel about the return of Pan's Labyrinth to theaters, director Guillermo del Toro insisted that the remaster used 'absolutely no goddamn AI,' reiterating his contempt for the technology. He framed the debate not around jobs but around the survival of artistic tradition.
“What we're protecting is the beauty and the redeeming power of art. It's not about who gets the job. We are protecting a lineage of art. If we cut a generation of people from learning their craft, you're cutting the rest of the history of that medium away from them for what?... I chose good. You have to put in time. You have to do every element by hand. A human made a decision of depth.”
The director argued that removing human craft from the creative pipeline severs the transmission of technique across generations.
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- Guillermo del Toro
- director and screenwriter
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