[mirimir]

No, not "transform into". It's "make look like, in a video".

I mean, who cares what you look like in some video? When you actually meet people, they'll know that it's bullshit.

Now, if you could manage it in meatspace, that would be cool!

[onion2k]

who cares what you look like in some video?

Everyone who watches television, movies, YouTube, etc. I know that's only a few people, but hey, it's a start.

[mirimir]

I suppose. But then, what would be the hiring criteria? Lowest bid? Nice ass?

And the focus here is "anyone", not professionals.

[Jaruzel]

The biggest worry here, is where instead of hiring 20 dancers for a music video, they only hire one, and use AI to AutoDance[1] a bunch of low-cost actors instead. This could destroy the jobbing dancer-for-hire market.

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[1] AutoDance™ - Like AutoTune. I hereby claim it as a term. ;)

[mirimir]

OK, I get that. But then, why bother hiring meat at all? Just CGI it entirely.

[usrusr]

CGI could do it for quite a while now, just not at a price competitive with actual dancers. I'd think of this more as CGI automation than dancer automation. For dancers, only the video production part of their market is threatened, the stage part remains unaffected.

[onion2k]

But then, what would be the hiring criteria?

Literally anything apart from someone's ability to dance. Instead of needing someone who can sing, act, look good, and dance, you now only need someone who can sing, act, and look good. And AI will eventually replace all the other talents too I guess.

This is why some people worry about the effect of AI on jobs.