Brad Pitt is shifting the conversation around artificial intelligence in Hollywood by suggesting it could be the key to saving mid-budget films. Pitt explained that AI could help projects with budgets between $40 million and $90 million actually get off the ground. As he put it, “There’s a lot of pushback against AI, but AI is going to be the very thing that, if used as a tool, is going to help these mid-budget films, $40 to $90 million-budgeted films, get made.” I’ve been scanned for the last 20 years, and I’ve always put in my contract: I own them and I destroy them. He discussed a time when he struggled with intense pain, stating, “I’ve never been suicidal except for one little period.