Hollywood Panics as Celebrities Face Replacement by AI Generated Actors
16th October 2025
Imagine my distress.
The growing opposition in Hollywood to AI generated “actors” is in many ways similar to the growing feminist fury over AI girlfriends: If you’re a good actor (or a good woman), then you should have no fear of being replaced. If you can’t compete with a robot or software for the affections of the masses, then perhaps you deserve to lose your exalted position in society.
AI design is not particularly impressive (at least not yet). Characters are graphically realistic but the Uncanny Valley effect is ever present; the human mind processes them as off-putting in most cases and making an entire film using them would require extensive input from human CG artists. Still images and short clips are effective enough, but this is not film making.
I’ve seen any number of those ‘robot girlfriends’ and I have to say they’re very low maintenance compared to the Modern SingleWoman.
Meanwhile, I’m waiting for the Cherry 2000.