“Shazam!” Star Zachary Levi feels a biblical disaster coming thanks to artificial intelligence.
“I don’t think the flood is water,” Levy said on “The George Janko Show” podcast, comparing AI to the great flood in Genesis. “I honestly think the flood is AI.”
He continued, “We could talk and philosophize all day about how we can save the industry by the way we treat people, or how we’re not creating great content, etc. And let’s be honest, folks, it’s T-minus 2. “Hopefully, in a few years, you’ll be able to find any job, because the skills will basically be here.”
Levi went on to give the example of AI technology allowing audiences to create their own movies.
Zachary Levi compared the future of AI to the biblical flood. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency, courtesy of Getty Images)
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“If you want to, not only do all the studios have this technology, but they can also go to you and say, ‘If you pay an extra $10 as part of your HBO Max subscription, you can create your own movie in the creator sandbox, and all the Warner Bros. properties that fall under You can enter any character, for example Shazam, Batman, Neo from ‘The Matrix’ and you want them to go on a treasure hunt on Mars and make it feel like a Steven Spielberg movie. ‘I want to.’ And it will make that movie, and it will look indistinguishable from anything human-made, in fact it will look amazing, and it will be fully animated, but this is where we are going to be.”
“The studio I’m trying to build right now is a lot like the ark that God said to Noah, ‘You have to do it,'” the ‘Rapunzel’ star said, noting that she’s working on her own studio to get ahead. ‘Go and build this, for the flood is coming.’”
When host George Janko asked why he would want to continue working in entertainment if AI posed such a threat, Levi focused on the power of the human element.
“There should always be, and I hope there always will be, a niche where people say, ‘I still want to support humans making art. It’s human-made art.’ At least there is a niche in the entertainment industry.”
Levi predicted that AI tools will soon be available that will allow people to create their own movies with just a few prompts. (Photo credit: Fraser Harrison/Getty Images)
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He acknowledged that as AI advances, selling will become more difficult.
“No matter how good AI-based art gets, it’s going to be very, very, very, very good and it’s going to be affordable. Most people think, ‘Yeah, but I’ll never want computer-generated art.’ . movie.’ If we were extremely altruistic, and human-made movies still cost $20, if we could make a movie where you could scan your own face and voice for $2 and you would be Superman, or better yet, you. ‘s kid becomes Superman. And now, for $2, you can shut them up and watch him become Superman for the next few hours.”
“I don’t think the flood is water. Honestly, I think the flood is AI.”
The ‘Chuck’ star also pointed out that he is facing new competition from his past co-stars by getting his family’s signature. He described a hypothetical situation in which Gene Kelly’s descendants could sell the star’s image rights. “Then suddenly we’ll be seeing Gene Kelly movies again. How crazy! And again, I don’t want to support that, but are you kidding me?! . . . If you want to see a sequel to ‘Singing in the Rain,’ it’s like new. “Take my money!”
Levi’s example isn’t that far off, as there have already been attempts to make a movie with an AI resurrected James Dean, but nothing has been completed and released to date.
Levi said that thanks to AI, actors will soon have serious competition from long-dead celebrities. (Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)
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Of course, entertainment isn’t the only industry that will see the impact of AI, and Levi urged people to remain vigilant.
“I don’t want to be a doomsayer, but I can’t stress this enough: Please… wake up AI. Wake up. It’s not like, ‘Oh, that would be fun,’ or a passing fad. It’s going to replace a lot of jobs, and it’s going to take over a lot of people.” “This will happen much faster than you think,” he said.
“There always has to be, and I hope there always will be, a niche where people say, ‘I still want to support humans making art.’ There will be a niche, at least in the entertainment industry.”
The 44-year-old continued: “I firmly believe that when it comes to technology and progress in the greater scheme of things, I can’t stop it, I can only hope to guide it.” We will not be able to stop this flood. We can only build levees, dams, and canals to direct flooding in the best way possible. There will still be casualties. Many people will unfortunately get hurt in the process. “But ultimately, I think we’re moving into a whole new world legally.”
“Shazam!” Starr thinks AI will replace many jobs, but hopes it will also open up humans to focus on “creation and discovery.” (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
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“Ultimately, this is part of the reason I want to build a campus, and the reason I feel like if I want to build a campus or if I can build multiple campuses, I should build multiple campuses is because I think that’s what we want as humans. What it is doing is moving into the future two areas of the profession that are no longer relevant: creation and discovery.”
With the addition of AI, he said it would still be a tool used for creation and discovery, but that both “stimulate the human heart, mind and spirit, and as long as we have plenty of places for people to work, work is just a matter of generating income.” Because how many people die just a few years after they retire? Because they are already so sedentary, and now they die without any purpose.”
Levi believes AI will be a tool that helps humans continue to create and discover, and that people still have purpose. (Jason Mendes/Getty Images)
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“I think that’s important, that we have to have a purpose as we move forward into this new world. But I don’t know. I don’t know what’s going to happen for everyone else in all the other industries. And I don’t know. I definitely don’t know what’s going to happen in entertainment.” And my guess is that in a very short period of time it will be accessible to the everyday person, not just from the studios, but from the studios that make movies, shows, and video games.”
