Harrison Ford isn’t impressed by or afraid of synthetic intelligence.
In a latest interview with The Wall Avenue Journal, the “Captain America: Brave New World” star was requested if he was planning on securing management of his likeness from studios, and he disregarded the priority.
“You don’t need artificial intelligence to steal my soul. You can already do it for nickels and dimes with good ideas and talent,” he informed the outlet.
Ford was referring to the 2024 online game “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,” with actor Troy Baker, who supplied the voice and motion-capture efficiency for the character.
Harrison Ford informed The Wall Avenue Journal AI cannot “steal my soul.” (Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic)
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“He did a brilliant job, and it didn’t take AI to do it,” Ford mentioned.
“Harrison Ford seems to have a very healthy attitude with respect to the use of artificial intelligence,” Rob Rosenberg, Founder and Principal of Telluride Authorized Methods, informed Fox Information Digital. “He recognizes that many of the characters he has portrayed are timeless and will live on past his lifetime.”
Nonetheless, the 82-year-old doesn’t plan on stopping work anytime quickly.
Ford plans to proceed working “till I don’t care what happens anymore.” (Laurent KOFFEL)
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“My plan is to keep working behind that face till I don’t care what happens anymore. I’m selling that piece by piece while I’m alive,” he mentioned, including, “I’ve been compensated. You don’t need to worry about me.”
As AI knowledgeable Marva Bailer defined of Ford’s profession, which incorporates iconic characters like Indiana Jones and Han Solo from the “Star Wars” franchise, and an Oscar nomination for “Witness,” it’s “defined by a distinctive voice and an unwavering commitment to quality. Ford values the artistry of performance over commercial considerations, emphasizing the impact of storytelling and giving back through both time and resources. His legacy is in the roles he’s played and the standard he has set for those who follow.”
“You don’t need artificial intelligence to steal my soul. You can already do it for nickels and dimes with good ideas and talent.”
“In addition to, he’d slightly think about new generations of nice actors on the horizon, not digital Harrison Ford replicants,” she added.
Ford is certainly supportive of the following technology of actors following in his wake.
The “Captain America: Brave New World” star says the “attraction” is the following generations of actors. (Emma McIntyre/GA/The Hollywood Reporter by way of Getty Photographs)
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“There won’t be any need for me. There’s somebody behind me. Doing what I did,” the “Star Wars” star mentioned. “And that’s the attraction. It’s what’s coming.”
Some actors, like Ben Affleck, are aligned with Ford, feeling AI can’t replicate humanity creatively, however will as an alternative operate as a instrument.
At CNBC’s Delivering Alpha 2024 final November, the “Argo” star informed the viewers, “Movies will be one of the last things, if everything gets replaced, to be replaced by AI.”
Ben Affleck informed an viewers final 12 months that films will probably be “one of the last things” changed by AI. (Tim Mosenfelder)
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He continued, “What AI is going to do is going to disintermediate the laborious, less creative and more costly aspects of filmmaking that will allow costs to be brought down, that will lower the barrier for entry, that will allow more voices to be heard, that will make it easier for the people that want to make ‘Good Will Huntings’ to go out and make it.”
Different actors have been extra afraid of the know-how.
Nicolas Cage has said in a number of interviews that he’s no fan of AI.
In an interview selling his film “Longlegs” final fall, Cage defined he was getting a scan performed for a special mission, and the prospect left him anxious.
Nicolas Cage has been vocal about his mistrust of AI. (Amy Sussman/GA/The Hollywood Reporter by way of Getty Photographs)
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“They’re just going to steal my body and do whatever they want with it via digital AI. … God, I hope not AI. I’m terrified of that. I’ve been very vocal about it,” he mentioned in the course of the interview with the New Yorker.
“And it makes me wonder, you know, where will the truth of the artists end up? Is it going to be replaced? Is it going to be transmogrified? Where’s the heartbeat going to be?” he continued.
“They’re just going to steal my body and do whatever they want with it via digital AI,” Cage mentioned in an interview final 12 months. (Jesse Grant)
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Cage added, “I mean, what are you going to do with my body and my face when I’m dead? I don’t want you to do anything with it.”
