Dec 01, 2025
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James Cameron says it is "terrifying" that artificial intelligence could replace actors.
It goes without saying that James Cameron would never cast Tilly Norwood in a film.
During a recent interview with CBS Worth Woth, it is explained that "Funding" in Intellectual Disability replaces the original movie in 2005.
He recalls: "For years there was a sense of, 'Oh, they're doing something different with computers, they're changing the actors,' when really it's a celebration of the actor-director moment where you really dig in and see what we're doing."
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Cameron said that now that generative AI is invading the industry, the idea that the technology can replace a performer is "frightening".
"Now go to the other end of the spectrum and you have generative AI where they can create a character," Cameron added."They can invent an actor. They can invent a performance from scratch. Like no. That's scary to me. On the contrary. That's exactly what we're not doing."
In September, comedian and producer Elin van der Velden introduced artificial intelligence artist Tilly Norwood to the world at the Zurich Summit and boasted that her team had already received interest from several talent agencies.The presentation sparked an immediate reaction from industry leaders.
In a meeting with, Van der Velden said, despite so much backlash, the presence of AI will only increase in filmmaking.
"I think it will be a slow success," he said."I'm sure next year, there will be many more shootings, it has to be recognized because people will pay for it or not."
