In a surprising move, screenwriter and director Paul Schrader posted in favor of AI during a Facebook post last Friday.

Paul Schrader is sounding off in support of using ChatGPT to come up with ideas for films. In a recent Facebook post, the “Taxi Driver” writer and “First Reformed” director said he asked the AI platform to generate plots for movies by famous filmmakers,

Paul Schrader , the writer of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull , and director of First Reformed , is stirring the pot in Hollywood with his candid thoughts on AI’s potential role in filmmaking. In a recent Facebook post,

Paul Schrader, the genius behind some of the most iconic movies ever made, has just given us all a hot take that will leave you scratching your head.

Recently, the filmmaker tested AI to see if it could generate ideas for films by himself, Spielberg, Tarantino, and even Bergman.

In stark contrast to a number of Hollywood creatives, Oscar-nominated writer/director Paul Schrader posits ChatGPT can write “original” and “fleshed out” screenplays. The Oh, Canada screenwriter posted on Facebook that he asked the generative artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to come up with an idea for a film for a variety of renowned filmmakers,