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by walterbell 1699 days ago
> people like people

Yes, and it's so profitable that someone will inevitably try to use AI-animated "people" to harvest market demand for organic people. Similar to cloning popular software or movies with lower-rent talent. Andrew Niccol, creator of Truman Show, Lord of War, Gattaca and Lord of War, made a film called Simone about a computer-generated fashion/celebrity avatar. Some of the dynamics in that film have already been seen on social media and will likely expand in future metaverses.

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Correction: duplicate movie reference above should have been Anon, available on Netflix.
Is VR a dead fad? Why is it always about flesh and blood humans?
Facebook has the data to explain.