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One idea that comes to mind is using it for police lineups. Instead of bringing in a handful of random people that aren't suspects, maybe you show pictures of the suspect alongside people that don't actually exist.

More generally, tasks that require the use of people for purely visual aspects(think extras in movies) could easily be made more efficient for this sort of thing.

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For the first one, I see why it would help, but why is it better not to use mugshots of other random people? I can't think of a way the real people are harmed by being used in that group of photos.

You'd also have the issue of the defense claiming that the victim could subtly detect the CG people, which would probably be true for the next few years at least.

As for the movie extras... I think it's still more expensive to have pure CG extras than human ones, but I can imagine that might change in the future. It's kind of a small benefit though, right?

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