J.Ok. Rowling created a slew of fantastic, quirky, sometimes-aggravating and funky characters when she created the Harry Potter universe, however she says now that AI is a factor, the followers have gotten slightly bizarre. After one in every of them despatched her an image of herself and a a lot youthful, ginger-haired might, she opened up concerning the implications of AI in addition to effectively as her “supreme of magnificence.” And in case you questioned, she’s not jonesing after a person who seems to be like Ron Weasley.
So, how did JK Rowling admitting she wouldn’t be right into a younger man like Ron Weasley even come up? Apparently, she got here throughout an AI picture that struck her as odd and tweeted about it.
Folks have legitimate considerations round AI, however my major fear is the algorithm that determined I’d need an imaginary ginger boyfriend younger sufficient to be my son. pic.twitter.com/hqPpjXrxNmMarch 10, 2025
To be trustworthy, celebrities have various emotions about Synthetic Intelligence. Celebs like Scarlett Johansson have spoken out concerning the “misuse” of AI previously. Stars like Ben Affleck have been rather less involved, citing the inventive wants of films as taking precedent over what computer systems can producer. However for JK Rowling, it’s seemingly extra about getting the details straight.
A fan later requested the creator, “Wait, what’s mistaken with gingers?” She then clarified her emotions about AI (but additionally Ron Weasley) within the course of.
Nothing mistaken with gingers in any respect. I am simply unnerved that I used to be despatched this very particular image. Ron Weasley is not and by no means has been my supreme of masculine magnificence, is all I am saying.
After all, it is also price stating Ron was nonetheless a child within the Harry Potter books. In line with the Harry Potter timeline, he’d be the ripe previous age of 45 if the timeline of the books holds true. JK Rowling herself is 59 at this level, so there’d nonetheless be a fairly an age hole between the 2 if Ron Weasley had been an actual life individual and never a fictional character. That is not her cup of tea, although it is price stating Grint thinks Ron and Hermione would have divorced. So, fictionally talking, Ron might be single and able to mingle.
In actual life, the actor who portrayed Ron within the motion pictures, Rupert Grint, is simply 36. Not that anybody is suggesting JK Rowling and Grint hook up. Rowling is married to Dr. Neil Murray and Grint has a stunning spouse named Georgia Groome. The 2 even grew to become mother and father a number of years in the past.
Regardless, AI has wide-ranging implications, and what the creator appears to be saying right here is that if it had been as much as the know-how, she’d be married to somebody who’s a redhead her son’s age, and that doesn’t really feel correct or nice. It’s a little bit of a bizarre factor to have come up within the realm of AI, however I suppose the purpose is that AI has a variety of real-life entanglements we might not have thought of again when Steven Spielberg was placing collectively his personal AI film in 2001.