We are almost at the stage(are we already?) where a fully synthetic actor can be created with no known actor's face at all, who will perform a fully synthetic s

We are almost at the stage(are we already?) where a fully synthetic actor can be created with no known actor's face at all, who will perform a fully synthetic script, with some directors fiddling to make it move/fit/lips etc. Will it be watchable? Barely, but it will get better fast. This is the analog of a carpenter with a hand drill versus a high speed punch press - what did the furniture makers do - grew old, and the customers went to Ikea. Skip to the end game - what will actors/writers do? WIll the stage return? or will correctly shaped MIT robot dogs be used? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoYGL9m_xE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoYGL9m_xE We speak of the Luddites against spinning machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite It is a direct analog. I am not sure how this will unfold or how quickly it will happen or how we will adapt, but it will proceed apace. It is an extension of the machine evolution of the last 100 years, from Henry Ford to all manner of personal function, actor, dentist, surgeon, you name it. I am not sure how soon dentists will be replaced, it will be easy to automate certain fixed stages of function - much like robotic prostatectomy is now being done. https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Prostatectomy https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Prostatectomy