American Actor and film maker, Tyler Perry has said he’s putting the $800m (£630m) expansion of his studio on hold for the fear of AI technology.
Perry, 54, disclosed this to Hollywood Reporter, noting that “Sora” had “shocking” capabilities.
He said, he was to add 12 sound stages to his Atlanta complex, but has been put off by the release of OpenAI’s video generator Sora.
According to Perry, “a lot of jobs” will be lost in the film industry because of artificial intelligence.
He said, “All of that [work] is currently and indefinitely on hold because of Sora and what I’m seeing.
” I had gotten word over the last year or so that this was coming, but I had no idea until I saw recently the demonstrations of what it’s able to do. It’s shocking to me.”
Perry said the technology could make travelling to locations and building sets redundant: “I can sit in an office and do this with a computer, which is shocking to me,” he said.
He added that he was “very, very concerned” that this could mean jobs for actors, editors, sound specialists and transporters could be lost.
The tool, which has been made by the company behind ChatGPT, was launched in a limited way earlier this month and is not yet open to public consumption.
