Nicolas Cage won a Saturn Award for his work in A24's "Dream Scenario," a surrealist comedy that saw the performer playing a college professor whose dreams infect the masses. He used part of his acceptance speech to warn against the dangers of artificial intelligence.

Nicolas Cage accepted the honor for best actor in a film at the Saturn Awards on Sunday, using his speech to honor late collaborator David Lynch and to praise his Dream Scenario director Kristoffer Borgli.

Nicolas Cage has begged other actors not to let AI "manipulate" their performances. The Face/Off star took to the stage at the Saturn Awards in Universal City, California on Sunday (Feb 2) to accept the best actor in a film prize for his role in Dream Scenario — and after thanking his director Kristoffer Borgli,