‘Shazam!’ Star Zachary Levi Likens Artificial Intelligence to Biblical Disaster
“Shazam!” star Zachary Levi senses the imminence of a biblical disaster brought on by artificial intelligence.
On the “George Janko Show” podcast, Levy compared artificial intelligence to the Great Flood in Genesis, saying: “I don’t think the flood was water. Honestly, I think the flood was artificial intelligence.
He continued, “We could talk and philosophically think all day about how to save this industry in the way it treats people, otherwise it won’t produce great content or whatever. Guys, let’s be honest, t-2 years After that, good luck finding a job, because the studio will have a technology… that basically already exists.
Levy went on to give an example of how audiences can make their own movies with the help of artificial intelligence technology.
Zachary Levi compared the future of artificial intelligence to the biblical flood. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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“Imagine, if you will, that not only does every studio have this technology, but they say to you, ‘Hey, as part of your HBO Max subscription, you can pay an extra $10 and then you can create The developer sandbox, where you can make your own movie, you can input any Warner Bros. asset, so it could be Shazam, Batman and Neo from The Matrix, you can input all these characters, You want them to go on a treasure hunt on Mars, I want it to feel like a Steven Spielberg movie, go for it and then it will make that movie look indistinguishable from artificial, in fact, it will be fully animated. ization, but it looks just like real life.
The Tangled star mentioned that he’s building his own studio to stay ahead of the curve, saying: ‘Right now, the studio that I’m trying to build feels very much like God told Noah’s ark,’ You have to build this thing because the flood is coming.
When host George Janko asked him why he wanted to stay in the entertainment industry if artificial intelligence posed such a threat, Levy focused on the power of the human element.
“There should always be, hopefully always will be, a niche, at least a niche part of the entertainment industry, where people say, ‘I still want to support humans making art. Artificial art.'”
Levy predicts that artificial intelligence tools will soon be available that will allow people to create their own movies with a few prompts. (Photo by Fraser Harrison/Getty Images)
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He acknowledged that as artificial intelligence advances, it will become a harder sell.
“Like no matter how good AI-derived art gets, it’s going to get really, really, really good, and they’re going to be cheap. Most people are going to think, ‘Yeah, but I’ll never want computer-generated art. Movies. Obviously, if we’re being super selfless, but if a faux movie still costs you twenty bucks, but for two bucks you can make a movie that, by the way, you can scan your own face and yourself You can be Superman, or better yet your kids can be Superman, and now you can spend two bucks to shut them up for the next few hours and then watch yourself become Superman in a movie , you will definitely pay for that movie”.
“I don’t think the flood is water. I honestly think the flood is artificial intelligence.”
The “Chuck” star also noted that he faces new competition from past actors whose likenesses may be signed away by their families. He explained a hypothetical situation in which Gene Kelly’s descendants could sell the star’s image rights. “And then all of a sudden, we’re watching a Gene Kelly movie again. It’s crazy! Again, I don’t want to back this up, but are you kidding me?! … It’s like a new Singin’ in the Rain I want to see the sequel, take my money!
Levi’s example isn’t too far off, as there have been attempts to make a movie featuring James Dean resurrected by artificial intelligence, although it has yet to be completed and released.
Levy says that with the help of artificial intelligence, actors will soon be competing with dead celebrities. (Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)
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Of course, the entertainment industry isn’t the only industry that will see the impact of artificial intelligence, and Levy urges people to remain vigilant.
“I don’t want to be a doomsdayer, but I can’t stress this enough, please… wake up artificial intelligence. Please wake up. It’s not ‘oh, this is interesting,’ or some passing fad or Anything else. It’s going to displace a lot of jobs and it’s going to happen a lot faster than you think,” he said.
“There should always be, hopefully always will be, a niche, at least a niche part of the entertainment industry, where people say, ‘I still want to support humans making art.'”
The 44-year-old continued, “In the greater grand scheme of things, as far as technology and progress, I’m a firm believer that you can’t stop it, you can only hope to direct it. So, we’re not going to stop this flood, we’re Embankments, dams and channels can only be built to ensure that we channel floods in the best possible way into a new world.
“Shazam!” The star believes artificial intelligence will replace many jobs, but wants to allow humans to focus on “creation and discovery.” (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
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“Ultimately, that’s part of the reason why I want to build, why I feel like I need to build a campus, or if I can build multiple campuses, is because I think that as humans, what we really want to focus on is, Two career fields have become significant in moving into the future: creation and discovery.
Artificial intelligence will still be a tool for creation and discovery, he added, but those two things “stimulate the human heart, mind and soul, and I think as long as we actually preserve a lot of places for people to work, because there’s more to work than just making money. question. , and then they die.
Levi believes that artificial intelligence will become a tool to help humans continue to create and discover, so that people still have purpose. (Jason Mendes/Getty Images)
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“I think it’s important, as we go into this new world, we have to have goals, but I don’t know. I don’t know what it’s going to be like for other people in other industries. I don’t know that I can guess what’s going to happen in the entertainment industry, And my guess is that within a very short period of time, people, not just the studio, but through the studio’s various catalogs, will be able to access, not, video games.
