I've heard a lot about AI taking over many industries in the future and ppl are hating it, whenever i see something that is done by AI i see that the majority of ppl are pissed off about it, anyways ..what im trying to say is that in this industry (film, tv, screenwriting and storytelling) AI seems to slowly have impact on it, and we all agree that some are using it rn , and we all know that AI is not good at showing emotions or telling complex-unique stories, I've tried that, not because i have no inspiration but to see its potential and yea its awful and pathetic (this is my opinion) anyways i wont lie, i still use AI to get some logical information or to learn things ,but i will never use it in writing screenplays or story structure , what about you? do you use AI in film and screenwriting or not, why?
Screenwriting : what do you think about AI? by Alyazin Alriyami
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Hey, Alyazin Alriyami. I think AI is unnecessary, a threat to the industry and environment, and terrible at writing scripts, making loglines, etc.
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Maurice Vaughan I strongly agree with that.
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Like any form of technology, it's a tool - it can be used for good or bad. The human factor - our intentions and goals - is the element that determines its legacy.
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AI - It's a great tool, if you know how to use it. it's got downsides, but the upsides outweigh its downsides.
My best AI experiences are actually on the creative side, bouncing ideas and refining my work with tools I needed 10 years ago - I am able to now complete things I never could have.
It's actually great at writing scripts - those who say otherwise do not know how to properly use the tools. You don't have to take what AI produces at face value, if you understand what you're doing, you'll edit to suit, and refine what comes out of the foundry. To say AI is not creative is pure ignorance. I've actually learned quite a bit about screenwriting through AI.
And guess what - inability to adapt puts you on the dinosaur pile. Either learn to use AI or you will be replaced by those who do.
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Damn straight, Tom.
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When it comes to AI wrtiting scripts, this 'tool' pulls in information based on details that are available to millions of people. Not wanting to be labeled a dinosaur, I checked it out. What I found is that AI lacks what the industry is interested in; orignal scripts that have unique experiences and characters and voices. What screenwriters still have in their favor is authentic stories that resonate with people because it is hard for a tool to feel the passion behind the message wich makes for a great movie.
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AI in screenwriting is not about rubbing the genie to get a screenplay.
You have the common misconceptions and self limiting belief structures based upon mainstream pop fear about AI, mainstream AI fear porn. "it's takin all our jawbs away" or "it's evil and ___ " or "it cannot do ____ like a human". None of that will age well.AI is not a vending machine. It's a tool, and it's got this weird ability to amplify, extrapolate, and toss ideas around. It can actually create ideas. But whether you use them or not, or delete them is up to you. It can analyze your ideas as we demonstrated in another thread.
It's an amplifier of "garbage in / garbage out".
AI is only as good as your own mind's HumanLLM (Human Large Language Model ) + WIT + CONTEXT, + CURIOSITY combined with persistence and learning how to use it. If you feed it garbage, or very little context to work with, it is reflecting back to you the same."the industry is interested in; orignal scripts that have unique experiences and characters and voices."
AI eliminates none of that. If you are not creative, it won't make you more creative. it can actually help you develop your character's depth, voices, and organize all of it. You still need to edit it and see if it aligns with what you're doing. it's not locked in stone.
I have seen original ideas from AI that I tossed out. I've worked through some really great ideas that I am pursuing, and some I will revisit later. You can cancel all of my access to AI and I can still create an unlimited number of ideas. I have no writer's block. Why? because I took that self limiting belief away.
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Alyazin, that is a perfectly balanced take. I agree: the majority of us in the industry are using AI tools for things like research, generating legal/business frameworks, and refining loglines for maximum impact. I view AI as an incredible development assistant—it's great at optimizing structure and finding patterns, but it cannot deliver the emotional core, the unique voice, or the philosophical depth required for a great feature film. Human creativity remains the non-negotiable component. I’m currently finalizing my Sci-Fi Action/Thriller feature, THE LAST CARTOGRAPHER, and that emotional engine has to be entirely mine.
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TOM, 'Amplifier of garbage in / garbage out' is the perfect description. It’s a tool that requires human intellect, curiosity, and context to be valuable. I've found it highly effective for quickly brainstorming technical possibilities or 'what-if' scenarios in a Sci-Fi context. It eliminates the fear of the blank page you mentioned, allowing me to spend my energy on the unique character decisions that truly drive a script. Excellent insight!
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Another analogy I heard about AI ... think of the electric guitar. Les Paul went deep dive on figuring out how to AMPLIFY the sound from guitars. He experimented with a piece of wood, a door hinge and other materials. His "early models" were not what folks ultimately made award winning music with.
You pick an electric guitar and play it without an amp, and yes you are creating sound on the strings, but it's not getting very far.
Crank up the amp and the auditorium can be shredded. Does that negate good acoustic work? No. you still have to know how to play.
Does that amp negate good songwriting?
No. In fact, a great amp will amplify your failure very loudly. Garbage in, garbage out. And yes, AI does make some great music too.
So yes, AI can do a lot of what we do, but you still need to know how to write gud.
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https://bricartsmedia.org/ai-in-screenwriting-series-2026/
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I think what people dislike so much about AI right now is that its patently incorrect, misleading, and wrong so frequently, in addition to being shallow / surface level in almost every area. It fakes depth and research that anyone using it would be so much better off just researching themselves! It's use is paradoxical in that way, and built for all those friends you had growing up in school that wanted to copy your homework last minute to get a grade. It also isn't even a useful supplemental tool for someone educated on a topic. It's primary usefulness benefits novice/neophyte types who know nothing about a subject who can then press a button and get "up to speed" -- while creating a mass never-ending dunning kruger effect.
Creatively, AI can do very little for you. Sure, we all dream of a idealized future where your own solitary precious thoughts can create worlds and you can have infinite knowledge at your fingertips. That's all great. But that is fundamentally not what these LLMs aka "AI" are capable of right now. They are capable of so much less than that, while using up lots of energy resources that harm our planet and communities. And it's nauseating how anyone who can see AI for what it is right now just has to live with so many people who think it's a "cheat code." It's a cheat code for a race to the bottom. Also, the regulation (or sheer lack thereof) is a massive privacy, safety, and security issue. As Joseph Gordon Levitt so aptly put it "I don't understand why AI companies don’t have to follow any laws."
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I think it should be used as a tool but yes, agree, you can see a pattern and it does sounds generic if you ask it for creative things. So, figuring out how to use it to help but not to actually do the work.
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I get why people are angry about AI, especially in film and screenwriting. This industry is built on voice, pain, experience, and taste—things you don’t download in an update. I’ve experimented with AI the same way you test a tool on a workbench: push it, break it, see what it can and can’t do. When it comes to emotion, subtext, and genuinely original storytelling, it falls flat. It can imitate structure, but it can’t mean anything. Anyone who’s tried to get real human truth out of it knows the result feels hollow, mechanical, and honestly a little embarrassing.
That said, I’m not anti-AI—I’m anti-bullshit. I use AI the way a professional uses reference books, research assistants, or Google. It’s useful for logic checks, technical questions, historical context, and learning fast. It’s a calculator, not a conscience. It can help you understand the terrain, but it doesn’t decide where to plant the flag. I don’t let it touch the soul of a screenplay, the character choices, or the emotional architecture. That’s where taste and life experience live—and those are earned, not generated.
So no, I don’t use AI to write screenplays or build story structure for me. I use it to sharpen my thinking, challenge assumptions, and speed up the boring parts so I can spend more time doing the hard, human work. The problem isn’t AI—it’s people trying to replace craft instead of augmenting it. Used wrong, it makes bad writers louder. Used right, it stays invisible and lets the storyteller do what only a human can do: tell the truth in a way that hurts just enough to matter.