Actor Tony Leung has recently been invited to be a judge for the Kim Tuoc Award at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Before the media's question of whether he was willing to grant the right to use personal portraits to AI, Tony Leung immediately refused.
He said that AI really brings many benefits to the film production process, from pre-production to post-production, all can significantly shorten working time.
For example, in film editing, a job that could take up to a month to complete, AI can create a version in just a few minutes, helping producers save a lot of costs.
However, the 63-year-old actor also frankly said that AI is a double-edged sword. Although it improves work efficiency, it can also affect job opportunities for many people in the industry.
More importantly, AI can only analyze and simulate based on available data, but does not possess real creativity or true emotions, so it cannot replace the role of humans in artistic creation.
When talking about whether actors will be replaced by AI or not, the actor of "The Grandmaster" said that the core difference lies in "feeling".
He analyzed that actors can rely on their own experiences and emotions to understand the characters, thereby bringing realistic and subtle performances.
Meanwhile, what AI shows is only a "response" calculated from data, not real emotional experience. He emphasized that complex psychological changes and tug-of-war in human nature are things that AI is very difficult to copy.
Tony Leung added that even if AI can simulate a performance that looks very realistic, the audience's feelings will still be completely different when they know that the character on screen is created by AI. Because the most important thing in cinema is emotional communication and the ability to create empathy, and that "human warmth" is what AI currently cannot bring.
Although maintaining a cautious attitude about the possibility of AI replacing actors, Tony Leung does not object to using AI as a support tool. He revealed that in the process of preparing for roles or learning new knowledge, he sometimes also uses AI to look up information and learn abstract concepts.
Even when taking on the role of film festival judge for the first time, he also used AI tools to learn about this job.
According to Tony Leung, if used properly, AI can still become a useful assistant in learning and creativity. However, the most core part of cinema art ultimately needs to be completed by humans.
