Robin Williams’ Daughter Shares ‘Very Real’ Concerns About ‘Disturbing’ AI Recreations of Her Father
Actor Robin Williams appears onstage during MTV's Total Request Live at the MTV Times Square Studios on April 27, 2006 in New York City.aren’t sitting right with his daughter, Zelda Williams. On Sunday, Williams shared an Instagram Story criticizing the use of her father’s likeness in the— but also zoomed out to look at the bigger picture of how the normalization of these tools in the film and TV industries can impact more than just her own personal feelings.
Williams added: “These recreations are, at their very best, a poor facsimile of greater people, but at their worst, a horrendous Frankensteinian monster, cobbled together from the worst bits of everything this industry is, instead of what it should stand for.”on the use of AI and digital doubles in media and entertainment, particularly commenting on “the terms and conditions involving rights to digitally simulate a performer to create new performances.
Some actors, particularly those in background roles, have already had their likeness scanned to be used in AI programs and are unsure what rights they have already signed away. In July, 11 actors spoke toand expressed confusion as to what exactly they participated in when they were scanned. They cited a lack of paperwork or not having a clear explanation of what was being done, or how it was to be used later.
“I am not an impartial voice in SAG’s fight against AI,” Zelda wrote on Instagram. “I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad. This isn’t theoretical, it is very very real.”David McCallum, Star of 'NCIS,' 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
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