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“I can act after death”: Tom Hanks on the use of neural networks in movies

May 16, 2023

Tom Hanks has shared the “career prospect” he can expect after his death. And will help him in this … artificial intelligence or neural networks. The Forrest Gump and Cast Away star told Adam Baxton’s podcast he could use the technology to appear in movies “within the century”. But he acknowledged that this would lead to creative and legal difficulties.

The use of AI in movies surfaced on the podcast’s latest episode after Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant said neural networks would allow musicians to finish writing songs even after their dead.

According to Hanks, he realized the huge impact of technology on cinema while filming the fantasy film The Polar Express (2004), which was created almost entirely using computer graphics. “Since then, this trend has multiplied by a billion, and you see it everywhere,” the actor said.

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