Найруулагч Энди Сёркис шинэ бүтээлдээ жүжигчдийн насыг залуужуулах зорилгоор хиймэл оюун ухаан болон машин сургалтын технологийг ашиглахаа баталлаа.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” киноны найруулагч, гол дүрийн жүжигчин Энди Сёркис уг төсөлд хиймэл оюун ухааныг зөвхөн жүжигчдийн дүр төрхийг залуужуулах зорилгоор ашиглана гэдгээ мэдэгдэв. Тэрээр киноны бусад хэсэгт уламжлалт арга барил, тухайлбал биет загвар болон нүүр хувиргалтыг түлхүү ашиглахыг зорьж буйгаа онцолсон юм. Киноны зураг авалтад хиймэл оюун ухаанаар бүтээсэн дүрс ашиглахгүй бөгөөд бүх кадрыг уламжлалт технологиор дүрсжүүлэх аж.
Холливудын салбарт хиймэл оюун ухааныг ашиглах асуудал маргаан дагуулсаар байгаа ч Энди Сёркис уг технологийг ёс зүйтэй, бүтээлч байдлаар ашиглах нь чухал гэдгийг тэмдэглэлээ. Тэрээр “Бөгжний эзэн” цувралын анхны ангиудад Питер Жэксоны хөгжүүлсэн “MASSIVE” программ нь олон мянган оркын бие даасан хөдөлгөөнийг удирдахдаа хиймэл оюун ухааныг амжилттай ашигласан тод жишээ гэв.
Энди Сёркис хиймэл оюун ухаан нь зохисгүй ашиглагдаагүй, хэн нэгнийг хохироохгүй, худал мэдээлэл түгээхгүй л бол үнэ цэнтэй бүтээлч хэрэгсэл болох боломжтойг онцолжээ. Хөгжүүлэгчид болон уран бүтээлчид нь энэхүү технологийн “эцэг эх” нь тул түүнийг зөв чиглүүлж, салбар бүрт туслах хэрэгсэл болгон хөгжүүлэх үүрэгтэй гэж тэрээр үзэж байна. Фэнүүдийн зүгээс ч жүжигчдийн насыг залуужуулах зэрэг техникийн ажлыг хиймэл оюун ухаанаар шийдвэрлэхийг нааштай хүлээж авчээ.
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“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum,” will de-age actors using AI, the actor and director Andy Serkis confirmed to Variety.
“There’s a little bit of de-aging for some of the characters and machine learning is part of the process,” Serkis, who is both directing the new film and reprising his famous role as Gollum, told Variety.
AI is an incredibly contentious topic in Hollywood. Some studios, like A24, have leaned into generative AI. Others in the industry, from actors to directors and writers, have lambasted the tech, with many fearing that AI will be used to replace industry jobs or simply result in lower-quality work. As the tension between the pro-AI and anti-AI —or perhaps AI-resigned —factions deepen, the industry and its leaders, Serkis included, are publicly grappling with the technology and what it means for a key creative industry.
In addition to Serkis, returning actors from past films include Elijah Wood as Frodo, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, and Lee Pace as Thranduil —all of whom are markedly older than when the original “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and the prequel franchise “The Hobbit” were filmed. Beyond de-aging, though, Serkis said that “at present,” there are no other plans to use AI in the making of the new movie.
“We’re not creating AI shots in our movie, every shot is created in a traditional way,” said Serkis. “One of the things actually that I really wanted to do with this film was to bring back all of the great filmmaking skills, from miniatures to prosthetics and marry them up, because that’s my taste.”
Serkis didn’t nix the idea of using AI altogether. He noted that Peter Jackson, who famously directed the previous live-action movies in the celebrated franchise, worked with the software engineer Stephen Regelous to develop the AI-powered special effects software known as MASSIVE back in the early 2000s.
“When you think about it, in the original ‘Lord of the Rings’ films, Peter created MASSIVE, which was a program which allowed thousands of orcs to all have their own individual mindset,” said Serkis. “So that is a brilliant example of an incredible use of AI.”
He added that AI can be a “valuable” creative tool “as long as it’s not exploitative and as long as it’s not harming anybody or defaming anybody or telling mistruths.”
“When it becomes exploitative and people are not remunerated for the work that they’ve done, or it’s used in nefarious, or mean-spirited or pornographic ways, then of course, that’s terrible and we’ve only brought it upon ourselves,” he added. “I’ve said this before and I mean it — we are the parents of AI, and we have to be good parents and teach AI well. And if we teach AI well, then it can help us across many industries.”
As The Tab noted, many Lord of the Rings fans responded positively, drawing a line between machine learning-infused virtual effects software and generative AI tools that churn out text, audio, and imagery.
“AI is perfect for de-aging,” wrote one commenter. “It should get a complete and utter free pass for that. Having an artist sit and de-age someone must be a horrific chore. Let them work on something fun instead.”
“Every single VFX tool these days uses AI for some part of the processing,” added another. “This isn’t generative AI.”
Other famous filmmakers’ AI stances, meanwhile, haven’t received the same warm reception from fans.
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