A lot has been made of the rise of Artificial Technology and what it could potentially mean for the entertainment industry. Could studios resurrect some of our long-lost beloved stars for totally new and original roles?
For better or worse, the answer appears to be yes, and it’s happening much to the dismay of some of the family members of many of our favorite, late entertainers.
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda took to her Instagram story over the weekend to denounce the use of A.I. to recreate her father, calling the practice “personally disturbing.”
Zelda wrote in the now expired post, “I’ve already heard AI used to get his ‘voice’ to say whatever people want and while I find it personally disturbing, the ramifications go far beyond my own feelings. Living actors deserve a chance to create characters with their choices, to voice cartoons, to put their HUMAN effort and time into the pursuit of performance.
“These recreations are, at their very best, a poor facsimile of greater people, but at their worst, a horrendous Frankensteinian monster, cobbled together from the worst bits of everything this industry is, instead of what it should stand for.”
Zelda posted this message in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike against Hollywood studios as well, as the potential use of A.I. was one of the key contract issues, according to CNN.
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