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> Why would studio executives bet on some new talent when they can generate Bruce Willis, John Depp or already put their faces on some less known actors in convincing way

Because AI Willis can't sign autographs, do press tours, and get randomly sighted by fans. Hollywood is about more than just content, it's about cult of personality, and to have that, you need a living person.

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Why couldn't it? Imagine doing some Comic Con 45 min special with your virtual actor. Yes its not the same fame, but people will adjust quickly. If they mix together good voice recognition in real time they can do press conferences rather easily, its just about gluing well together already existing pieces. There may be hilarious glitches from time to time, but who cares?

No real fame was achieved about stupid stuff like opening restaurants or random sights in the town, I think we as society can easily live without that.

We already have that, though - the Gorillaz, Hatsune Miku, etc. They've had success, but not nearly enough to drive any kind of mass-market adoption of the concept that would displace real-life celebs from the talk show marketing circuit.

I would argue that for 90% of people on earth this does not make a difference. For me any big movie star is exactly the same as some virtual entity, never seen one, never been close to any places where I could meet one.

There is difference where I could make effort to fly to places where they give autographs and meet with fans but I also don't care enough. I imagine people that do care about that either live close by where they can have easy access or are weirdos.

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