{"id":8199,"date":"2026-08-25T15:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=8199"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:53:02","slug":"outer-banks-season-5-ai-backlash-as-netflix-creators-ai-comments-resurface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/08\/25\/outer-banks-season-5-ai-backlash-as-netflix-creators-ai-comments-resurface\/","title":{"rendered":"Outer Banks season five is facing AI backlash as creator\u2019s AI comments resurface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comments made by the co-creator of Outer Banks about artificial intelligence have resurfaced as the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a> show faces allegations that AI was used in season five.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fifth and final season of the teen adventure series landed last Thursday, and beyond the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/08\/25\/creators-reveal-why-rudy-pankows-jj-didnt-return-via-blue-crown-in-outer-banks-season-five\/\">JJ (Rudy Pankow) chat<\/a>, fans have noticed a number of photos that they believe were created using generative <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/ai\/\">AI<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In episode five, Sarah and John B investigate her mother&#8217;s past, where we\u2019re shown an old Cameron family portrait. The episode prior ends with Sarah showing the gang a snap of Rose and her new boyfriend Groff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8204\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8204\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-8.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron family photo in Outer Banks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-8.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-8-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-8-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both of these photos have fans in stitches, with many accusing them of being AI-made. Instagram user Omardoodahgrimes showed the pics and said, \u201cWhat\u2019s up with Outer Banks using AI?&#8230; Sarah Cameron\u2019s mum is AI.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are multiple TikTok videos presenting these examples too, with one writing, \u201cThis show cannot be fr.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others have criticised the editing of certain scenes, with one in particular circulating online, as it appears that the crown was shoehorned into a backpack digitally:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">watching the final season of outer banks and they couldn&#39;t even be bothered to make a prop&#8230; they digitally slapped a crown onto the bag in the most shameless way lmaooo and then all the hurricane damage shown is just low-res AI slop like JUST CHEAP AND NASTY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6nzLocYeaz\">pic.twitter.com\/6nzLocYeaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u2605 (@POPin4k) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POPin4k\/status\/2090962367874248926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the creators haven\u2019t confirmed or denied whether AI was used in the making of the Netflix show, in light of the recent conversation, comments made by <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/outer-banks\/\">Outer Banks<\/a> co-creator Josh Pate have resurfaced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Outer Banks co-creator urged filmmakers to \u2018embrace AI\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last April, student group <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyprincetonian.com\/article\/2025\/04\/princeton-prospect-arts-outer-banks-film-independent\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Princeton Pictures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hosted a Q&amp;A with Pate, who argued that many of the creatives who currently write and edit scripts are lacking the required skill to work with innovative filmmakers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcT4nk-nCXA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Carolina Alumni (@carolinaalumni)<\/a><span style=\"white-space: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His advice was for filmmakers to lean into the use of AI to compensate for the skills gap without entirely eradicating the workforce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe people that could do it the old fashioned-way are kind of useless, and I\u2019m dealing with a lot of these guys,\u201d Pate said. \u201cSo let\u2019s quit making regular movies and embrace AI at the same time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He went on to give an example, saying, \u201cOne of the films I\u2019m working on, we\u2019re looking at trying to rotoscope an aspect of the shot and using AI to make that smoother, and use the motion tracking and after effects, which, a couple years ago, we would not be able to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pate said having an AI tech assistant benefitted the production team, adding, \u201cIt makes it [editing] a lot easier.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These comments were shared on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OuterBanksNetflix\/comments\/1vrm493\/josh_pate_one_of_the_creators_of_outer_banks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reddit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amid the release of Outer Banks season five, and it\u2019s safe to say that people have thoughts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one person wrote, \u201cExplains why the show sucks now.\u201d Another agreed, \u201cMakes sense the show went to sh*t when AI was released.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OuterBanksNetflix\/comments\/1vrm493\/josh_pate_one_of_the_creators_of_outer_banks\/\">Josh Pate, one of the creators of Outer Banks, about embracing AI in film and television<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Olryo\/\">u\/Olryo<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OuterBanksNetflix\/\">OuterBanksNetflix<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI knew everyone started acting out of character ever since season 3, coincidentally around the generative AI boom,\u201d added a third.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t care if someone likes or hates AI, can you believe a Netflix writer might be making a machine that steals everything influence your favorite characters. Is that alright with you? Because I\u2019m tired.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fourth theorised, \u201cThey made something beautiful with OBX season 1 and 2, got overconfident, started using AI, and think their success will carry over to everything they make, including AI slop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As said, it\u2019s unclear whether Outer Banks did utilise AI, but it\u2019s clear where fans stand on the idea of it being used in any creative capacity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That Cameron family portrait does look pretty 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