The recent viral social media video featuring Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, has raised concerns within the film industry. The video showcases the two actors in a dramatic fight scene on a rooftop, shared by filmmaker Roar Rynning. Rynning later released different versions of the video, each with varying dialogue, character interactions, and camera angles, but maintaining the same basic setting and fight scene. Screenwriter and writer-at-large, Rayne Res, reacted to the video by stating that it poses a threat to the Hollywood industry and that, in the future, someone could potentially create a high-quality film entirely on their own computer. Res noted that if someone with the creative skills and passion of a Christopher Nolan were to use AI technology, the results could be astonishing.
Res highlighted that the film industry has historically limited young and resource-constrained individuals from entering the creative field, but AI technology has the potential to level the playing field. The video featuring Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., and Brad Pitt, generated using AI, has sparked a debate following the 2023 Writers and Actors Strike, where unions warned studios against creating AI-generated scripts or digital impersonations of actors without permission or compensation. Social media users have reacted differently to the video, with some labeling it as concerning and others questioning its quality.
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