“The Housemaid” Director Paul Feig Slams A.I. as ‘Technology Literally None of Us Asked For’
“The Housemaid” Director Paul Feig Slams A.I. as ‘Technology Literally None of Us Asked For’
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Publish Date: 2026-06-23 16:52:00
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Director Paul Feig was presented with the Nantucket Film Festival’s Visionary Storyteller Tribute honor on June 20
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In his acceptance speech, Feig took aim at artificial intelligence, calling it “technology literally none of us asked for”
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“A.I. is not us. It’s not who we are,” the filmmaker added
Paul Feig is firmly against artificial intelligence.
The director of films like Bridesmaids, Spy and The Housemaid was honored with the Visionary Storyteller Tribute at the 2026 Nantucket Film Festival on Saturday, June 20.
After a personal tribute from Rose Byrne, Feig, 63, accepted the accolade inside the Siasconset Casino in Massachusetts and spoke about the future of storytelling and entertainment as A.I. looms over the industry.
“I’ve always loved the term storyteller. Telling stories is one of humankind’s greatest gifts to the universe,” said Feig in his speech, adding, “I’ve always been in awe of storytellers … the screenwriters and authors and playwrights and journalists and all who take us on a journey through their words and visions, and make us see a world through different eyes.”
“Our stories unite us,” he added. “They bring us closer together by breaking down the idea of ‘the other’ and making us all one: a planet of people who are strong and weak, confident and neurotic, wonderful and insufferable and all the other things that make us deliciously human.”
Feig, who is also known for movies like Ghostbusters (2016), A Simple Favor (2018) and The Heat (2013), said he thinks storytelling is “as important as the food that we eat and the air that we breathe.”
Paul Feig and Rose Byrne on June 20, 2026
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He went on to criticize A.I. and the potential threat it poses to Hollywood.
“Today, a lot of us in the storytelling business are being confronted by a rather terrifying technological development: A.I.,” he said, calling it “technology literally none of us asked for” and something “billionaires are investing huge amounts of…
