TO Robert Downey Jr.. He doesn’t like the idea of creating a digital twin using artificial intelligence. The famous actor who gave life to Tony Stark/Iron Man said that will not allow any Hollywood studio to clone its appearanceincluding Marvel. The new Doctor Doom doesn’t want to see an unauthorized copy of his image.
In an interview with Kara Swisher, Robert Downey Jr. made it clear that we will never see a digital twin. Actor threatened to sue any studio that dared to clone him using artificial intelligenceeven after death. Although Downey Jr. has long been familiar with this technology – thanks to Jarvis – he does not agree with such practices that may become a reality in the future.
“How do I feel about everything that’s happening? I feel minimally because I have a real emotional life and there’s not much room for that,” the actor said. While there is a lot of anticipation about the role AI will play in future actors, Robert Downey Jr. is staying calm. Tony Stark’s translator said: be sure that Marvel will never do this to himat least not with the current leaders.
Faced with the possibility of seeing a clone of Robert Downey Jr. in the future, the actor was harsh. “I would like to state here that I intend to sue all future leaders for this,” he said. When Swisher suggested they would do so after his death, Downey Jr. added that his law firm would still be very active.
Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t like people like Sam Altman
Robert Downey Jr. is currently involved in McNeila play in which he plays Jacob McNeil, a famous writer with an unhealthy fascination with artificial intelligence. Despite the fact that the actor has been associated with technology for more than ten years, keeps his distance from people like Sam AltmanCEO of OpenAI.
“I don’t envy anyone who identifies too strongly with the advent of a new phase of the information age,” he said. “The idea that they somehow own it because they have these super-large startups is a misconception.” Robert Downey Jr. mentioned that He doesn’t like it when leaders like Altman see themselves as arbiters of this technology.. “This is a huge fucking mistake. It discourages me and makes me not want to deal with them because they are dishonest,” he said.
The use of digital doubles was one of the central issues of the 2023 actors’ strike. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, general counsel for the Actors Alliance of the United States (SAG-AFTRA), stated that Hollywood wanted to clone actors using AI to avoid paying royalties.
“This ‘innovative’ AI proposal we were given yesterday would have our extras scanned and paid for the day they work,” the adviser said. “The company will own your image and likeness and use it in perpetuity in any project without consent or compensation,” he said.
Ultimately, the studios promised not to pursue this policy, although there is no guarantee that they will keep their word in the future.
Source: Hiper Textual
