Hollywood, scorched by one scandal after another, is turning to artificial intelligence and robots for their new leading men and women. Following the recent Weinstein and Depp controversies the Academy has had enough. It’s time for malleable minds.
With the recent success of Integrated Neurorobotics’ Arthur Mory Project, Hollywood can now resurrect any long dead acting legend or create a new Oscar worthy star at a fraction of the salary demanded by any of today’s A list celebrities.
Lead researcher and the brains behind Arthur Mory, Thea Kolijn explains, “We’ve use artificial intelligence to determine what society sees as a classically beautiful person or even the perfect villain—bone structure, colouring, that sort of thing— then create the body to go with it. Once functioning, the robot studies hours and hours of award winning acting, absorbing the knowledge it gleans and adding it to its data bank.”
When asked if audiences are ready for mechanical actors, Ms. Kolijn laughs. “Isn’t that half of Hollywood? No seriously, there will be an adjustment but look at the animation industry. Viewers accepted computer animation with barely a blink. When done well, and we here at Integrated Neurorobotics do robots well, you won’t be able to tell the difference.”
What about the cost? A mere two and a half million compared to the tens of millions an A list actor demands. And, as Ms. Kolijn points out, you don’t have to feed them.
Are We Ready? starring an all mechanical cast created by Integrated Neurorobotics, opens this Friday in theatres across the country.
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Ready or not – ARE WE READY? – is ushering into a new screen era.