Katherine Waterston is not a big fan of artificial intelligence.
“As with any technology, there is incredible potential for innovation and real threats, and it clearly requires a high degree of regulation,” she told Fox News Digital.
Earlier this year, Waterston starred in the horror film Afraid, about an AI home assistant who goes berserk and wreaks havoc on a family's life.
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Katherine Waterston recently starred in a horror movie about AI and admitted to Fox News Digital that she finds the technology “scary.” (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images, Paramount+)
“We are not keeping up with the rate of development,” she continued. “That's a real concern in my industry, but it's general.”
She added one word to sum up her feelings: “horrible.”
Waterston currently stars in Paramount+Showtime's The Agency, a spy thriller co-starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere.
Waterston's “Agency” co-stars Jodie Turner-Smith, Richard Gere, Michael Fassbender and Jeffrey Wright. (Jon Nation/Variety, via Getty Images)
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“It’s…a great cast of characters, a great story, and a great collection of directors that were involved. [screenwriters] Butterworth family. It was just an embarrassment of riches and a no-brainer,” she said of signing on for the role as a CIA agent.
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This drama, based on the French drama “Le Bureau des Legendes,'' is a spy thriller in which a secret CIA agent played by Fassbender is ordered to give up his life undercover and return to a London station. But when the love of his life reappears, their romance is rekindled, and his career, identity, and mission are all at risk, along with his heart.
“As with any technology, it has the potential for amazing innovation and real threats, and clearly requires a high degree of regulation.”
”I started with this script and was struck by its take on the world of espionage,” Waterston said. “We see a lot of glamorous views, but we also see cynical views. And we felt we struck a fair balance here with some skepticism. So… , the cynical view that nothing is good. And then there's the skepticism that there is no complete truth. And that unlocks so much story and so much character development. .”
Waterston liked The Agency's “skeptical” look at the highs and lows of espionage. (Luke Varley/Paramount+ with Showtime)
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“Getting to the heart of something is a challenge, it's a little mysterious, everyone's a little hard to pin down, everyone's contradictory, people always say the truth with one mouth and the other. With one mouth you tell a lie.'' So I felt like there was a lot of play here and a lot of potential stories. ”
As she prepared for the role, Waterston also became fascinated with the history of women in the CIA.
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“I completely fell in love with women in the CIA. There's a great book out there, I think it just came out this year, called 'The Sisterhood,' and it takes me through the history of women in the CIA.” In the end, it came down to this: what kind of person do you have to be to get there, and what kind of person do you have to be to move up the ranks? It was very helpful,” she said.
“I completely fell in love with the CIA woman,” Waterston said of researching for the role. (Luke Varley/Paramount+ with Showtime)
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“And for a lot of different reasons that I know about what's probably going to happen to my character, in this first season, I'm trying to figure out what it takes to be great in this environment, to be great at work.” It’s really important to understand.”
“The Agency” is currently streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime, with new episodes released every Friday.
