When Tom Hanks recently declared that he expects an AI version of himself to keep performing after his death, the so-called Everyman actor hinted at a future that’s coming for all of us.
Hollywood’s special effects and computer-generated imagery have long tricked us into believing in what isn’t real. But today’s deepfake technology goes further, promising a future of “live” musical performances from the dead. Last year, a convincing AI avatar of Elvis Presley, the product of a collaboration between an onstage singer and a technologist, appeared on “America’s Got Talent,” and a less polished avatar of the Notorious B.I.G. performed a posthumous concert in the metaverse.
