If you made it to the final moments of Apple TV's latest series “Pluribus,” you might have spotted a rather unique note in the credits: “This show was made by humans.”
This brief statement — appearing just beneath a message about animal wranglers ensuring the safety of animals on set — could serve as an example for other creators who want to emphasize that their projects were produced without generative AI.
And if that statement wasn’t explicit enough, the show’s creator Vince Gilligan (famous for “Breaking Bad”) made his stance even clearer in a Variety interview, stating bluntly, “I hate AI.”
He further described AI as “the world’s priciest and most power-hungry plagiarism device,” likening AI-created works to “a cow endlessly chewing its cud — a never-ending cycle of regurgitated nonsense.”
“Thank you, Silicon Valley!” he continued. “Once again, you’ve managed to screw up the world.”
“Pluribus” marks the return of the former “X-Files” writer to the science fiction genre, and reunites him with Rhea Seehorn, his “Better Call Saul” lead, who stars as a romance-fantasy novelist facing an extraterrestrial invasion.
