Glenn Close acknowledged the ever-changing landscape of the entertainment industry during a stop in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival.
The Academy Award-nominated actress has been trying to maintain her “equilibrium” these days ahead of celebrating Sundance Institute icon Michelle Sutter at a gala fundraiser.
“I'm very lucky to have the job,” Close said. hollywood reporter. “There were already a lot of people affected in Los Angeles and now there were fires. I was surprised at how few jobs there were in our profession. I'm a big reader of history and I'm sorry. However, I think there are not enough people in this country who understand the history and what we have worked on ourselves.
“It's on top of that [artificial intelligence]. What would be true? The truth will be the big question. ”
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Glenn Close wonders how artificial intelligence will affect Hollywood. (Lexi Moreland)
Close said he recently finished reading Yuval Noah Harari's novel “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI.” . ”
When asked her interpretation of AI, Close said, “It depends on how it's handled.”
“I don't want my image or my voice to be reconstructed,” she pointed out. “So people need jobs. It's a sad dilemma.”
Nicolas Cage warns Hollywood actors that AI wants to have your instruments
“Is there any progress that there are fewer people working for it? I don't know. I think we're losing out on places like Sundance and what Michelle did is so important – what that means. A story about meaning we have to stick to it.
“We have to be inspired to come back and teach us. [to always] To look into the eyes of another human being, to look into the eyes of another human being, rather than at a screen. If we lose that, it's going to be a very slippery slope, I'm afraid. ”
The “Hillbilly Elegy” actress discussed how Hollywood will receive AI. (Frazer Harrison)
She's not the only star to question the use of artificial intelligence in Hollywood these days.
“You don't want to rebuild your image or your voice. I mean, people need jobs. It's a sad dilemma.”
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Last year, Nicolas Cage warned actors about the need to control their images amid the increasing popularity of AI.
“There's a new technology in town, which until recently we haven't had to fight for for 42 years. But these 10 young actors, this generation definitely are, and they call it 'EBDR.' I'm here. This technology is our instrument as movie actors.
EBDR stands for “Employment-Based Digital Replica,” one of two digital replicas following a deal worked out by actors union SAG AFTRA and studios following last year's dual strikes.
Nicolas Cage warned actors against using artificial intelligence. (Jesse Grant)
According to the rules of the contract, “an EBDR is made in connection with employment in a film” and may require something like a scan of the actor's body. Compensation is based on how much the performer actually worked in the scene in which the digital replica is used, and the performer is entitled to the rest from the replica's appearance on the finished product.
“The studio wants this so you can change your face after you've already shot it – they can change your face, they can change your voice, They can change your line delivery, they can change your body language, they can change your performance,'' Cage warned.
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“If you're being approached by a studio to sign a contract that allows them to use EBDR in your performance, I want you to consider what I call 'mvmfmbmi' – my voice , my face, my body, my imagination – my performance protects your instrument. ”
Robert Downey Jr. admitted he plans to sue whether his likeness is used by AI, but Ben Affleck believes the movie will be the last one replaced by artificial intelligence.
Ben Affleck believes AI will help more filmmakers create projects. (Marilla Sicilia)
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“You can write great imitation poetry that sounds like Elizabethan. You can't write Shakespeare,” Affleck said during CNBC's Alpha 2024 Investor Summit broadcast. “The ability to have two actors in a room, or three or four actors, and the flavor of identifying and building, that's something that currently completely eludes the ability of AI, and I don't think it's possible for a meaningful period of time. I think it will be.”
He said, “What AI is trying to do is interrupt the tedious, creative, more expensive aspects of filmmaking that will allow us to reduce costs. It will make it easier for those who want to make it.” will do “Good Will Hunting” To go out and make it. ”
Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Stanton contributed to this report.
