Tom Cruise Says AI Is ‘Coming and It’s Going to Happen,’ but ‘People Want to See Real Things’: ‘Keep Creating’

Despite the threat of AI to the film industry, Tom Cruise is confident that people will always “want to see real things” on screen. At an intimate BAFTA “Life in Pictures” conversation in London on Monday night, Cruise looked back on his four-decade career including acclaimed roles in “Top Gun,” “Jerry Maguire,” “Magnolia” and the […] Despite the threat of AI to the film industry, Tom Cruise is confident that people will always "want to see real things" on screen. Despite the threat of AI to the film industry, Tom Cruise is confident that people will always “want to see real things” on screen.

At an intimate BAFTA “Life in Pictures” conversation in London on Monday night, Cruise looked back on his four-decade career including acclaimed roles in “Top Gun,” “Jerry Maguire,” “Magnolia” and the “Mission: Impossible” franchise as well as to the future with his upcoming movie “Digger.” On the topic of how the “Mission: Impossible” films have been at the forefront of new technology — with 2025’s “The Final Reckoning” even taking on AI as its villain — moderator Edith Bowman asked Cruise for his take on how it will impact the industry. “Here’s the thing: There is nothing like human,” Cruise began,