![]() ![]() “We saw that there was going to be this ability to take zeros and ones from inside a computer and turn it into a face and a character,” he said. I suppose he must have a better-than-basic understanding of the technology. Actually, Hanks claims to have first grasped the implications of AI when he and Zemeckis made the CGI film The Polar Express in 2004. “What is a bona fide possibility right now is – if I wanted to – I could get together and pitch a series of seven movies that would star me in them, in which I would be 32 years old from now until kingdom come,” he said. “I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that’s it,” said Hanks on the Adam Buxton podcast, “but performances can go on and on and on and on.”įorgive me, but what does Hanks know about AI? In January, he and the director Robert Zemeckis announced a film called Here, in which deepfake technology will allow the actors to transform into younger versions of themselves. I’ve been ignoring it for months why hasn’t it gone away yet? Because it’s busy being everywhere, changing everything, for ever. ![]() He wasn’t speaking about his immortality, but about the awesome implications of AI. He is a good actor, but I think he might be overestimating his powers with that claim. No, I mean that he will continue to star in films made after his death. Hanks will be in films long after he is dead. And don’t forget about all the films still to come. Of course: Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Turner & Hooch. ![]()
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