Matthew McConaughey Variety CNN interview

    by Tufail: artificial intelligence

    Matthew McConaughey believes it's crucial for individuals to own their voice and likeness before artificial intelligence takes over. He stated, "It's already here. Don't deny it. It's not going to be enough to sit on the sidelines and make the moral plea that no, this is wrong, it's not gonna last. There's too much money to be made." The full interview can be found at

    Transcript (en)

    First off, it's coming. It's already here. Don't deny it. Don't just creative world. It's not enough. It may be for you, but it's not going to be enough to sit on the sidelines and make the moral plea, the moral plea that no, this is wrong. It's not going to last. There's too much money to be made and there's it's too productive it's it's tear all right so I say get get get your own your own yourself voice likeness etc trade market whatever you got it so you did that yeah get own own yourself so when and if when it comes not if it comes no one can steal you they got to come I'd like to come to you and go, oh, I'd like to, Timothy, I'd like you to be at my 50th birthday party in five months, and I'm gonna be in the Bahamas. I know you can't be there in person, but I'm gonna halo you in. And I want you, and I want you, and I want you though from I want you as your character in Marty Spring And actually the second half of the party I want you to be the French fool And they can do that But they gonna have to come to you to go can I Or they're gonna be in breach, and you'll have the chance to be your own agency and go, yeah, for this amount, or no. Okay, it's coming. Is it gonna be another category, or is it gonna infiltrate our category? It's damn sure it's gonna infiltrate our category. I think it'll end up, does it become another category? Will we be in five years having films, the best AI film, the best AI actor? Maybe. I think that might be the thing is that becomes another category. I'm not sure. It's going to be in front of us in ways that we don't even see it. It's going to get so good we're not going to know the difference. That's one of the big questions of what we're doing right now is the question of reality. It's more hazy than ever. in a very exciting way, I think, but also a scary way. It's not only coming, it's here. I say prep for it and own your own lane so when it comes, you can at least have your own agency when it starts to trespass.