Despite the lightning-fast speed at which our technology keeps evolving, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), not everyone is comfortable with the pace at which this is happening, including celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, who expressed concern over it.
As it happens, the famous J.Lo shared her view that AI can be “really scary” following the Los Angeles premiere of her Netflix sci-fi movie Atlas in 2024, in which she played a data analyst forced to turn to AI to save the Earth from an evil robot, as Variety reported at the time.
Jennifer Lopez and her fear of AI
According to her, “I think this movie does a good job of showing how AI could go incredibly wrong, and this is how it could go really right.” However, she’s also worried about it based on her past sour experiences with the technology, when she saw ads “selling skincare that I know nothing about.”
As she recalled, those included manipulated images of her face covered in wrinkles, and “it’s really scary. Right away we had them stealing our faces. So, yes, [AI] is really scary.” Furthermore, she added:
“I think you should be respectful of AI. (…) We have to be open to all possibilities. These movies that are talking about AI – especially this one – do a really good job of showing both sides.”
Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez is not alone in her concerns as fears of AI taking away people’s jobs are rampant across many industries, Hollywood included. Although AI tools like TrueSync, which reanimate actors’ lip movements to match the foreign language audio recorded for the international versions of films, might unlock Hollywood for worldwide audiences, the lack of regulation could, indeed, lead to actors losing control over their image and voice.
Specifically, Dr Christopher Holliday, Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Visual Cultures Education in the Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities, suggested in his paper from 2024 that missing governance around this technology could cause actors to lose authority over their likeness as their bodies and voices become part of work that they do not actively participate in or consent to, nor receive payment for.
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