Martin Scorsese has started using AI - for storyboards, and nothing more.
The celebrated director, described as one of the world's most famous living directors, has become the latest Hollywood name associated with AI tools. The critical qualifier: his use is confined entirely to storyboarding, the rough visual planning that happens before a camera rolls. That is a long way from generating dialogue, synthesizing performances, or touching post-production. The framing of him as an "unlikely" voice for AI makes considerably more sense once you understand the scope of what he is actually doing.
Even so, the association carries symbolic weight in an industry that has fractured sharply over AI. Directors, writers, and actors have largely split between cautious early adopters and outright opponents - and the names that cross into AI territory get noticed. Scorsese is not endorsing the technology in any broad sense, but his presence in the conversation changes the texture of it.
Storyboarding is a natural beachhead for AI tools: it is labor-intensive, requires specialized illustrators, and produces work that is by design temporary. Studios have strong financial incentives to automate it. Whether a director who uses AI to rough out shot compositions eventually uses it for something more consequential is the question worth watching - and one that nobody involved seems eager to answer right now.