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Robert Downey Jr. Issues Warning For Future Execs Who Might Use AI To Recreate His Likeness: “My Law Firm Will Still Be Very Active”


Robert Downey Jr. is firmly anti the usage of generative AI to recreate his likeness, issuing a warning to potential future executives.

Robert Downey Jr. is firmly anti the usage of generative artificial intelligence to recreate his likeness, issuing a warning to potential future executives who may want to bring Tony Stark back from the dead. The Oscar-winning Oppenheimer actor recently appeared opposite Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar and Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher on the podcast On With Kara Swisher to discuss the former’s Broadway debut in a play about the dangers of the AI age. I feel about it minimally because I have an actual emotional life that’s occurring that doesn’t have a lot of room for that,” the actor said when prompted to comment on his thoughts on deepfakes and AI recreations.

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