[bilbo0s]

Why sign a kid, when a 3d artist, a psychologist, and a writer, working in tandem with an economist and a publicist will get you much better results?

If you sign the kid, you still need the artist, the psychologist, the writer, the economist and the publicist in any case. Why would they not simply go all the way and cut out any potential name and likeness disputes?

OK, if the kid is an athlete, fine, I get that. EA has to do that now. But if I just want to create a bubble gum pop idol. my incentive is to be greedy and not share with anyone if possible.

AI technologies, with a little help from specialists like psychologists ensuring the product is addictive, make it possible for me to be greedy. It's happening in porn now, and if it's happening in porn, it'll happen everywhere else soon enough.

[r00fus]

Because people don't like fake people posing as real people. This may change but manufacturing a "real" person currently goes over like a lead ballon.

[asdff]

You don't need AI technology to make a successful cartoon.