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‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director
(www.theguardian.com)
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Unlikely. For films that are easily forgettable and barely spoken of even a couple of months are release, sure. For films people want to rewatch, still unlikely.
There are many issues with the notion of AI in film, however two things which may always be an issue:
the systems are built on what already exists. Actors over time have had the smallest quirks become iconic, often repeatable references in everyday life. From a perfectly timed wink within a specific context, to a sort of humour that the audience hasn't been familiarised with in any way beforehand (or little enough for there to be no impact prior to seeing this hypothetical performance).
Seeing these quirks repeated just do not, and cannot have the same impact in a new film if our subconscious is already within an understanding that what we are seeing has been done before.
AI actors, by design, are only good for genericism.
AI is built on specific things, what it is told to do, and even if it does it well it has a great flaw that is going unnoticed by people praising the idea of using it: perfection.
People are not perfect. Analyse any acting considered good, and the nuance within their movements, speech, and so on will be very noticeable.
This is another flaw of the very design of AI: the aim, from the start, is to have commands produce a perfect representation of what the person wants, yet this also pushes the tool so far away from being in any way 'human', that it begs the question as to exactly HOW the use of AI will be so popular, if it's made to be as robotically detached from the principles of the filming process (almost entirely)?
I just do not see AI being capable of producing an actor worthy of a mention. And this doesn't even graze the arguments regarding the removement of passionate effort, which can go into the bulk of an essay easily.