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Lisa Kudrow says Tom Hanks movie Here is ‘an endorsement for AI’
The former Friends star criticised the film which makes extensive use of an AI-driven tool called Metaphysic Live to de-age and face-swap actors
Kudrow was discussing the implications of ageing with host Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast and pointed to Here as the harbinger of crisis for the film industry. Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis, features Hanks and his Forrest Gump co-star Robin Wright, as a married couple who are part of a series of characters occupying a single location whose history is told over time. However, fears over unchecked exploitation of AI formed part of the grievances behind the writers’ and actors’ strikes, with protections included as a key element in the resolution of both – though complaints remain as to how strong these protections are against what Stranger Things star Matthew Modine described as “the AI tsunami crashing upon the shores of the entertainment industry”.
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