Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman drama Artificial reveals Andrew Garfield’s first look

Though “zero AI” was used in creating Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, the storyline will be able to provide an in-depth exploration of the creation of AI and the story of Sam Altman. Andrew Garfield takes on the role of Sam Altman in the movie.

Though the trailer of the movie unveiled some snippets of the storyline where the creation of a “machine that will solve the world’s problems” becomes the driving factor, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed several other first-look photos of the movie, along with a candid conversation with director Luca Guadagnino and Andrew Garfield regarding the challenges that they faced while making the movie.

Photos of Artificial revealed and more

The photos perfectly give the viewers a fresh look into the upcoming movie, which is set to release on December 25 this year. Besides Andrew Garfield, some of the other cast members of the movie are Yura Borisov, Billie Lourd, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Koch, etc. In the interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Luca Guadagnino opens up about the challenges that were faced while making the movie. A significant issue was the “conflict of interest”.

This movie explores a topic that has come to the forefront of discussion in recent years. Guadagnino notes that during the times when the “landscape of the studios” began to morph, leading to the studios “dealing with interests from Silicon Valley”, it caused the turn of events. Initially, Amazon MGM was supposed to release Artificial.

However, they eventually decided not to release the movie, which led Neon to take the opportunity. Andrew Garfield also added to this conversation in the interview, noting that the “fight is on to make sure” that they are allowed to “make things freely” without any hindrance. He also speaks about the “centralization of power,” adding that it has a “very, very chilling effect” on art.

In a previous interview with Vanity Fair, Sam Altman pointed out that he does not think that the movie is "going for accuracy". During the conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, producer Jennifer Fox pointed out that “everything” they say in the movie is “completely vetted and could be proven and double-proven”.

Fox further added that without this particular accuracy, Amazon would not have allowed them to make the movie. Andrew Garfield added that he hopes that they will not have the “risk of being taken to court”.

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Artificial is set to speak about the “universal and deeper” anxiety that the world is “feeling about the future” with the exponential progress of this technology. While speaking about not using AI for Artificial, Guadagnino notes that there is significance in bringing life to the “reality,” which is a crucial factor that cannot be done by “sending prompts to a computer”.

He also points out the significant harm that AI is causing, especially the mindless destruction of the environment, along with the possibility that “AI can wipe out humanity” within four years.