Acclaimed actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson recently expressed her exasperation with artificial intelligence and its intrusion into her creative process. During an appearance on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ Thompson candidly shared her disdain for AI, labeling it as ‘annoying.’ She emphasized her preference for traditional writing methods, stating, ‘I write longhand on a pad because I believe there is a connection between the brain and the hand.’ Thompson revealed her irritation with modern technology, particularly Microsoft Word’s AI-driven suggestions to rewrite her work, which she vehemently rejected. She recounted a past incident where her computer inexplicably transformed her Oscar-winning screenplay for ‘Sense and Sensibility’ into hieroglyphs, causing her significant distress. Despite the help of friend Stephen Fry, who spent hours attempting to recover the script, the document emerged as a single, unreadable sentence. Thompson humorously likened the experience to the computer deliberately sabotaging her work, highlighting her ongoing frustration with technological interventions in her craft.