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by asdff 1911 days ago
Maybe, but maybe not. The only thing that has stopped us from having all our jobs replaced 50 years ago by some machine is that humans work for cheap, often cheaper than it would cost to service that would be burger flipping machine. It might still be cheaper in the future to hire an actor than to hire a technician who can produce an equivalent deep fake along with the costs of providing these hardware resources. It was one thing when we were crafting entire worlds out of practical effects vs CGI, but this is literally CGI on one individual. Even today, CGI isn't always cheaper than practical effects, and sometimes big shoots still use practical effects.