Jenna Ortega sounded off on artificial intelligence at the Marrakech Film Festival , saying “it’s very easy to be terrified” of the “deep uncertainty” it brings to filmmaking and the world.

The “Wednesday” star is serving on the jury at the Moroccan fest, which is being headed by “Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho. Asked about the proliferation of AI in cinema at the jury press conference on Saturday morning, Ortega and Bong made their opinions clear.

Ortega said that looking back at the history of humankind, “we just always take things too far and I think it’s very easy to be terrified — I know I am — of deep uncertainty.” She added that, with AI, “it kind of feels like we’ve opened Pandora’s box in a way.”

However, Ortega is hopeful that the growth of AI could lead to a new artistic

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