Gal Gadot defends her decision to star in Bitcoin, an upcoming film with artificial intelligence-powered sets and lighting, but her response sparked criticism online. A user commented:“Her defense being chatgpt.”The actress addressed the controversial production on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast on Monday. Gal Gadot admitted to being "afraid of AI" but believes the technology is becoming unavoidable in the entertainment sector.The former Wonder Woman actress pointed out her need to protect her performance from being altered by AI. According to the actress, her lawyers spent six months discussing hypothetical scenarios involving the technology before she signed her contract:“This was the longest contract I have ever worked on. It was six months from my lawyers to go through every scenario we could think about as far as the AI component of it. I did not want AI to have anything to do with my performance.”She continued to add that her lawyers had to be thorough with the scenes and contract:“We had to protect that, to such an extent that SAG called my lawyers to ask for pointers to update the SAG contract to protect other actors. As far as the performances, it’s all me.”Gal Gadot went on to explain her decision to star in a movie where AI was used:“I am afraid of AI, but I am going to be afraid and look away? No. I am afraid but I am playing with it and learning it and trying to educate myself. The train has left the station. You’re going to work with it or be out of the game completely. I am trying to make the best of it and protect what I can protect.”However, Gadot confirmed that AI was still employed in the film's sets and lighting:“The AI component in this movie is for sets and the lighting. We had a broad crew, and a lot of people were working on this movie.”All about Bitcoin, the movieThe movie Bitcoin is directed by Doug Liman and stars Gadot, Casey Affleck, Pete Davidson, and Isla Fisher. The movie was previously named Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi, and it follows the search for the mystery creator of Bitcoin.Rather than using traditional settings, the film was shot primarily on a custom-built stage. The production featured a "gray box" approach, with performers performing against a mostly empty environment, with AI-generated backgrounds and lighting added later.According to the creators, given that the story takes place in around 200 different places around the world, the movie would have cost around $300 million to produce. The use of AI reportedly reduced the production budget to $70 million.Gal Gadot characterized the experience as similar to acting in a theater because the actors could keep filming without having to wait for traditional lighting changes. She told Josh Horowitz:“It felt like a pure art form of creating a movie. I haven’t seen a single shot. As an actress, I wait so much. There’s the legendary quote: ‘You are being paid to wait as an actor.’”She concluded:“Here we would film nonstop because we didn’t have to wait for lighting. We would film on and on and on for 10 hours. It was amazing… as actors you’re always hot. You don’t cool off. We’ll see. It’s crazy.”Internet reacts to Gal Gadot's AI movieSocial media users questioned Gal Gadot's claim that AI is unavoidable and criticized the decision to use the technology instead of traditional filmmaking departments. One user commented:"Her defense being chatgpt oh honey."Gadot's response drew criticism for her history of controversial public statements:"Queen of always being on the wrong side of history."One user joked that Gal Gadot's decision was driven more by job security than her belief in AI:"In other words “I’m out of the Job and no one will hire me so….I’m doing this for a paycheck” and seriously a Bitcoin movie?…Come on, how do you go from Wonder Woman and Fast franchise to this? Like isn’t she supposed to be FastX part2?"Another questioned Gadot's claim to preserve her performance in light of the production's dependence on artificial intelligence:"“Protect my performance” But AI sets, AI lighting, AI everything around you is fine?? Ma’am that’s still an AI movie."A user saw her comments as an attempt to justify her involvement in the AI-driven movie:"You know she's been full of sh*t when she starts trying to defend her actions like this. Now she got no choice but to eat her words."Another user expressed a more neutral perspective on AI's expanding role in filmmaking:"Interesting stance. AI in film tech is changing the game, for better or worse."One user brought up the concerns about the influence of AI on film crews and other industry workers:"Nobody in hollywood is protecting the crew when the train leaves the station theyre just protecting their own bag and calling it artistry."Gal Gadot's comment became the subject of mockery:"I love how she makes it so much easier for us to talk sh*t about her."Another user speculated that the actress was only trying to keep her job in an ever-changing industry:"Ay she gotta do whatever she can do keep a acting job and she knows her actual acting wont do it."Gal Gadot's comments continue to spark reactions on the internet.Stay tuned to Soap Central for more information.