With the AI discourse spreading in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon seems intent on making a seat for women at the table.
The Oscar winner and Hello Sunshine co-founder recently explained why she’s taken it upon herself to “learn as much as I possibly can about AI,” claiming that women’s jobs are three times as likely to be automated by AI.
“We don’t want to be left behind. So…do you want to learn with me?” Witherspoon captioned a video in part.
“I think it’s time to learn about AI,” she prefaced in the clip. “I was with about 10 women at a book club yesterday, and I said to the 10 of them, ‘How many of you guys use AI?’ And only three of them used AI. And then, I said, ‘How many of the three of you feel like you really know what you’re doing or they’re using it the right way?’ And there was only one person. So, if three out of 10 women are the only ones using AI, that means 70% of that group is not keeping up.”
Witherspoon added, “The thing I’ve learned about technology is, if you don’t get a little bit of understanding from the very beginning, it just speeds past you. So, you have to have little bits of learning just to keep up. And let’s get real, our kids are all using this every single day. I think we should learn the basics together, and learn some really good tools that are going to make our everyday lives easier and better. Do you want me to share what I’m learning with you? It’s time, people.”
With Sandra Bullock recently expressing her curiosity in the tech, and Natasha Lyonne embracing AI with her Asteria Studios banner and ethical AI advocacy, Witherspoon already has a strong community of women in Hollywood embracing AI.
The use of AI in Hollywood continues to be a hot-button topic. Meanwhile, SAG-AFTRA has endorsed the Trump administration’s AI policy framework, which calls for Congress to enact legislation that includes parental controls, intellectual property rights protection, First Amendment protections, expanding AI workforce development, allowing data centers to generate their own power, and removing legal barriers that limit AI innovation.
