‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director
TL;DR
Mathieu Kassovitz, who is currently working on an AI-enabled film, also dismisses concerns over copyright His hit film was a masterpiece capturing the gritty truth of the Paris suburbs, but the director of La Haine is now sold on an AI-generated future for cinema. Mathieu Kassovitz has called the technology the “the last artistic tool we need” and dismissed concerns about AI stealing other artists’ intellectual property, telling the Guardian: “Fuck copyright”. Continue reading...
Nauti's Take
Kassovitz is right that AI expands creative possibilities for filmmakers — especially smaller productions that couldn't afford major talent budgets. But dismissing copyright as irrelevant ignores the real protection it provides to actors, voice artists, and writers whose work trains these systems.
The industry conversation about fair use needs to happen before technology outpaces regulation.
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