Kevin O’Leary wants AI to replace back-end add-ons
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Shark tankKevin O’Leary of 100 Norwell Tillies wants to replace background extras in films with 100 Norwell Tillies. He also wants to replace himself with artificial intelligence and his American passport with Emirati citizenship. on The hill‘s Travel world podcast, O’Leary talked about artificial intelligence, getting most of the names wrong in the process. He talks about his upcoming role on the big screen in Marty Supreme, O’Leary disparaged the background actors as expendable to the artistic process. “Almost every scene used to have up to 150 extras. Now, these guys have to stay up for 18 hours, fully dressed in the background. Not necessarily in the movie, but it’s necessary for them to be there moving around. However, it costs millions of dollars to do that,” O’Leary said. “Why can’t you simply put the AI agents in their place? Because they’re not the main actors. They’re just in the story visually.” So, in Kevin O’Leary’s perfect movie, there are digital actors walking around. Maybe the one in the red dress. Wow, it’s amazing. She turns around to take a second look at her and BANG! Shot by Agent Smith.
O’Leary sees AI cutting overhead everywhere it looks. “I argue that for the sake of art, you have to allow it [AI] In certain cases. “The excess is a really good case,” he said, “because you can’t tell the difference. All you have to do is put 100 Norwell Telles in there and you’re good to go.” O’Leary was referring to Tilly Norwood, the artificial intelligence actress criticized by SAG-AFTRA. He also shouted out “Velvet Sunset” (he meant the AI band The Velvet Sundown). There’s also AI Kevin O’Leary roaming cyberspace. “We’ve got AI Kevin now and we’ve done it in Abu Dhabi. I’ll be back there in a few weeks. I’ll be training the model more,” O’Leary said, adding that he is seeking full citizenship in the UAE to work on AI, including making AI Kevin sound more like a real man. “The next AI Kevin, you won’t be able to tell the difference.” So why pay? For Kevin O’Leary once that happens?