A short clip from Matt Wolfe arguing that AI-generated video will reduce the need for extras and background actors in film production—particularly for B-roll and crowd scenes—by filling in backgrounds with generated people. The speaker identifies extras as a group likely to be most affected.
I think more likely we're going to see AI cut down the process of some of the small B roll they use in videos or fill in the backgrounds of videos with fake actors. Right. I think the people that are really in trouble in Hollywood are probably like the extras, if I'm being honest. Right. Like you have like a scene with a big crowd. This doesn't even require AI but with visual effects in general, you can have just that front row of people, be real people, and then everybody behind them all be generated. With AI, you don't need to fill in with extras. So I think that's probably going to be the most affected group.
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