“All of us are now being subjected to face mapping”: Amitabh Bachchan talks about use of AI in film industry

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan spoke about technological advancements and artificial intelligence in the film industry During his address to the students at the Symbiosis Film Festival on Saturday he said ldquoThere have been a lot of technology changes not just chips but in the way films are made edited etc What worries is no invented technology has the life span of more twothree monthsOne of the things is of great concern is AI All of us are now being subjected to face mapping our entire body is going to be face mapped and going to be kept aside and used at any point in timerdquo just yesterday a popular studio in Mumbai gave a demonstration of face mapping on Hollywood veteran Tom Hanks I was shown a clip of Tom Hanks and the same thing was shown to me with 20yearold Tom Hanks rdquoldquoA lot of objections are being raised and I believe that therersquos some kind of a strike in Hollywood by the artist because the producer and the director do your face mapping laying claim to it and saying this is our property and we will use it whenever we want So there will be a time when Symbiosis will call my AI and not me personallyrdquo he addedVeteran actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan attended the inaugural ceremony of the Symbiosis Film Festival at Symbiosis International University in Pune Big B also talked about the criticism that the film industry receives for supposedly changing the countryrsquos morals Bachchan argued that society has always been an inspiration for cinema rather than the other way aroundHe shared ldquoMany times the film industry which is known as the largest film industry in the world comes under a lot of criticism and all kinds of accusations that you are responsible for changing the morals of the country and changing the attitude of the peoplerdquoldquoIrsquom sure that you know Jaya who has studied formally at the Institute would endorse the fact that stories and films are made from experiences that we notice in nature in the world in everyday life and that is what becomes our inspirationrdquo he addedBachchan remembered how his late father Harivansh Rai Bachchan a prominent poet and writer would watch several Hindi films on repeat The actor stated that his father enjoyed the poetic justice part of cinema ldquoCinema in itself has its power During the last years of my fatherrsquos life every evening he would watch a film on television on cassetteMany times the films that he saw were repeated I asked him every evening lsquoYou have watched the film donrsquot you get bored What do you find in Hindi cinemarsquo He said lsquoIrsquod get to see poetic justice in three hours You and I will not get to see poetic justice in a lifetimersquo And that is the learning that cinema gives to allrdquoBig B praised regional cinema particularly Malayalam and Tamil films for their authenticity However he rejected the idea that South cinema is doing better than Hindi cinema stating that they are making similar filmsldquoWe have been making a film which has been inclusive all along its just the communication wasnrsquot as efficient as rapid as today we were not exposed to that kind of cinema or perhaps that kind of lifestyle because of computerization everything is available at the press of a button hellipspeed of representation has become very rapid now if you compare the number of edit from the movies in the 50s and todayrsquos says example lsquoBaahubalirsquo or lsquoRRRrsquo it was 3 to 4 time more than todayrsquos Regional cinema has been doing very well But when we talk to them they say they are making the same kind of films that we do in Hindi They just change the dressing so that they look beautifulrdquoldquoA lot of the people Irsquove met said lsquoWe are remaking your old films therersquos lsquoDeewarrsquo lsquoShaktirsquo and lsquoSholayrsquo somewhere in all our storiesrsquo Malayalam and some of the Tamil cinema is very authentic and aesthetic This whole idea of pointing fingers at a particular region and saying that unki achi chal rahi hai humari nahi they are better than us is not rightrdquo he concludedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever