“AI is the end of human actors. I’m adamant about this,” Woods said Sunday on “One Nation with Brian Kilmeade.”<\/p>\n
“People say, ‘You’re overreacting’\u2026 when the silent [movies] went to talkies. People said, ‘Oh it’s a fad.’ When television came in, ‘It won’t replace movies.'”<\/p>\n
AI TECHNOLOGY RACE IS NEW ‘COLD WAR’ BETWEEN US AND CHINA THAT COULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES: REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n Actor James Woods attends the premiere of “To The Wonder” at Pacific Design Center on April 9, 2013, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Jason LaVeris\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n He argued that film companies will look to cut red tape where possible, skipping actors’ agents, entourages, lucrative contracts and more in favor of AI-generated replacements, but there are a few speed bumps hindering the process.<\/p>\n “It’s not going to work [right now] because we have movie stars<\/a> we like,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We love brilliant actors like Brad Pitt, we love Meryl Streep, all these great actors because we grew up with them, but when the next generation grows up with a computer-generated model, they will be as realistic as people.”<\/p>\n BEN AFFLECK IS CONFIDENT AI CANNOT REPLACE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES FOR THIS REASON<\/a><\/p>\n This undated photo taken at an undisclosed location features an AI symbol graphic with a person at a keyboard. AI has become a major component of many careers, including healthcare, media and more. (iStock)<\/p>\n Woods cited Moore’s Law \u2014 the longstanding observation that computing power<\/a> tends to double roughly every 18 months \u2014 as evidence that such realism is approaching faster than many expect.<\/p>\n He argued that such rapid advances would enable filmmakers to churn out content 24 hours a day at a cheaper price.<\/p>\n![\"Actor](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1200\/675\/actor-james-woods-at-premiere-v2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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