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3 Ways VFX Artists Use A.I. In Hollywood | WIRED

Behind some of the coolest premium effects in Hollywood is the invisible aid of artificial intelligence. Machine learning is helping create previously unimaginable moments in media today, like in shows and movies like ‘Wandavision’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame.’ Let’s examine how A.I. is changing Hollywood’s creative workflow. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen…

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Behind some of the coolest premium effects in Hollywood is the invisible aid of artificial intelligence. Machine learning is helping create previously unimaginable moments in media today, like in shows and movies like ‘Wandavision’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame.’ Let’s examine how A.I. is changing Hollywood’s creative workflow.

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66 Comments

  1. Invicto

    May 17, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    7:29 when it’s perfectly balanced/gigachad thanos

  2. 65Superhawk

    May 17, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    It’s all over for the human race, folks

  3. Garrison Fjord

    May 17, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    Dall•e 2 is already creating amazing artwork.

    • Garrison Fjord

      May 17, 2022 at 9:55 pm

      @Juragan Muda LoL what?

  4. Gilney N. Mathias

    May 17, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    The future is scary

    • Shad

      May 18, 2022 at 12:14 am

      There is no future

  5. UXXV

    May 17, 2022 at 6:37 pm

    The AI voice of Andy doesnt sound great at all, very synthetic, would you like to play a game?

  6. Scarlet Ragneel

    May 17, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    I’ll always be in awe of the people behind Thanos. The animators and sound producers definitely, but also the actors around Josh Brolin, who delivered a believable emotional performance while they were looking at a carboard cutout of Thanos’s head fixed on top of the atom bomb that is Josh Brolin wearing a polka dot onesie.
    More power to the animators that came up with a way to make THAT raw footage into the most unforgettable MCU Villain so far.

    • Mr Rooster

      May 17, 2022 at 8:39 pm

      He should be unforgettable there isn’t a bigger or “badder” villain in all of Marvel Comics….

  7. Marty Guy

    May 17, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    This is great and all. But……does anyone remember T2…..yes jurassic park was great….but not the first for certing things. But what I’ve seen in theses type of videos are all the same. It’s all nice and fancy…..but there is alot more to be explored and defined in the digital “eye” . But……….Hollywood is going to ruin it. Just like they do with most things In “the early stage”. And don’t be fooled. They will do it again

  8. Kryptonite

    May 17, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    as if your grandpa didn’t already have a hard enough time believing that will smith never slapped trump

  9. Joshua Hopkins

    May 17, 2022 at 8:59 pm

    Matt Pinosis sounds like an AI version of Pauly Shore

  10. Alex Fischer

    May 17, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    Sooner than we think individual people will be able to construct Marvel level productions.

  11. Jeane 🔥F-'ck M'-e - Check my P'ro'fi-le🔥

    May 17, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    Holy crap. We’re all gonna be done for, sooner than i thought

  12. moiraesfate

    May 17, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    It’s very cool to do this with real living actors allowing things that would not be possible. But the dead should be left alone. Its just wrong.

  13. Juragan Muda

    May 17, 2022 at 9:48 pm

    Last fight

  14. JB

    May 17, 2022 at 10:00 pm

    Titanic wasn’t the “first time” anyone did digital water. This video is garbage.

  15. XiXora

    May 17, 2022 at 10:03 pm

    What’s the point in putting an unplugged monitor in front of someone? 😀

  16. Archi0n

    May 17, 2022 at 10:15 pm

    This blew my mind

  17. Kayla 🍆𝗙**𝗖𝗞 Me! Check 𝗠𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶le💋

    May 17, 2022 at 10:25 pm

    I’ll always be in awe of the people behind Thanos. The animators and sound producers definitely, but also the actors around Josh Brolin, who delivered a believable emotional performance while they were looking at a carboard cutout of Thanos’s head fixed on top of the atom bomb that is Josh Brolin wearing a polka dot onesie.
    More power to the animators that came up with a way to make THAT raw footage into the most unforgettable MCU Villain so far.

  18. KillerTacos

    May 17, 2022 at 10:27 pm

    Man I love these VFX videos so much

  19. Breaker_Jones

    May 17, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    i think the remark saying that you lose humanity by hiring a voice actor and would rather use a voice AI is kinda BS?

  20. JZ

    May 17, 2022 at 10:32 pm

    : D

  21. Sonia’s Way

    May 17, 2022 at 11:37 pm

    I’ll always be in awe of the people behind Thanos. The animators and sound producers definitely, but also the actors around Josh Brolin, who delivered a believable emotional performance while they were looking at a carboard cutout of Thanos’s head fixed on top of the atom bomb that is Josh Brolin wearing a polka dot onesie.
    More power to the animators that came up with a way to make THAT raw footage into the most unforgettable MCU Villain so far.

  22. Jg235

    May 18, 2022 at 12:39 am

    The danger of Hollywood is that they use cool effects to indoctrinate children about politics, extreme ideas even.

  23. Jake K

    May 18, 2022 at 1:16 am

    This seems ripe for abuse. Exhilarating and scary technology

  24. Brett

    May 18, 2022 at 1:20 am

    That Andy Warhol voice sounded fake af. Very computer-like. A human imitator could’ve done much better.

  25. EdNorty

    May 18, 2022 at 2:47 am

    Style transfer for audio deepfakes is wild.

    You could literally use an old actor’s voice to give life to an audio deepfake that’s using his young voice.

  26. kids Show

    May 18, 2022 at 3:53 am

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  27. James Stripling

    May 18, 2022 at 4:00 am

    The more realistic Hollywood film becomes, the less interest I have in it.

  28. Leo

    May 18, 2022 at 4:47 am

    I miss costumes, everything now is cgi and everything looks so fake

    • Jg235

      May 18, 2022 at 7:21 pm

      They want to maximize profits, the only way is going virtual. A time will come when AI will create the whole movie you just give it the general idea, perhaps even in real-time.

  29. Springer Guy

    May 18, 2022 at 4:57 am

    Fascinating! But scary.

  30. Kly

    May 18, 2022 at 6:00 am

    0:12
    10:20
    Plot twist, one is synth and the other is the original audio.

  31. asdfasdf1331

    May 18, 2022 at 6:30 am

    I hope everyone unionizes. Good luck! 😀

  32. lobster whisperer

    May 18, 2022 at 6:47 am

    Terminator 2 in 1991 was the moment CGI changed story telling forever. Not Jurassic Park.

    • Captain Viggo

      May 18, 2022 at 8:52 pm

      Jurassic Park was even more promising for many creative minds because it was artificial living creatures, with skin, scales and muscles, while T2 mainly had an (extremely well done) morphing metal character, not something that looked like a real living creature.

    • Jg235

      May 19, 2022 at 3:35 pm

      Both were super important.

  33. Cella-𝐹**СК МЕ - СНЕ𝒞𝒦 𝑀𝒴 Р𝑅𝟢𝐹𝐼𝐿Е

    May 18, 2022 at 6:58 am

    I’ll always be in awe of the people behind Thanos. The animators and sound producers definitely, but also the actors around Josh Brolin, who delivered a believable emotional performance while they were looking at a carboard cutout of Thanos’s head fixed on top of the atom bomb that is Josh Brolin wearing a polka dot onesie.
    More power to the animators that came up with a way to make THAT raw footage into the most unforgettable MCU Villain so far.

  34. Sarrah- 👈𝓕**СК МЕ - СНЕ𝓒𝓚 𝓜𝓨 Р𝓡0𝓕𝓘𝓛Е 💗

    May 18, 2022 at 8:15 am

    Boat load of my friends signed up for computer graphic courses after Jurassic Park. Nearly all ended up in advertising & later as wash outs of Google Advt tech barrage.

  35. Smith Hoowe

    May 18, 2022 at 9:04 am

    I agree that we need to use AI as a tool to improve these things…just a little uneasy about the using people who have been dead for decades part, that is a bit over the pale.

  36. - [L A Y L A]- Go To My ChanneI! L!VE NOW

    May 18, 2022 at 9:36 am

    I agree that we need to use AI as a tool to improve these things…just a little uneasy about the using people who have been dead for decades part, that is a bit over the pale.

  37. Der Headbanger

    May 18, 2022 at 10:15 am

    So Andy Warhol sounded like a robot? What a coincidence!~

  38. ABC EFG

    May 18, 2022 at 11:43 am

    Another 100 years, we just tell the AI to make an Ironman movie. It will do it in a week, all digital. 😅

  39. Simon MotteStyles

    May 18, 2022 at 11:50 am

    So how come She-Hulk looks like five grades of shite?

  40. Lauren- 🔥𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]

    May 18, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    I’ll always be in awe of the people behind Thanos. The animators and sound producers definitely, but also the actors around Josh Brolin, who delivered a believable emotional performance while they were looking at a carboard cutout of Thanos’s head fixed on top of the atom bomb that is Josh Brolin wearing a polka dot onesie.
    More power to the animators that came up with a way to make THAT raw footage into the most unforgettable MCU Villain so far.

  41. Tony Pang

    May 18, 2022 at 4:29 pm

    Why’s it, to me, when the CEO of MARZ VFX is speaking, it looks like it’s CGI? Either that, or he’s overdone the filters on his camera settings 🤣

  42. Icemanmodeler

    May 18, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    The better A.I. will become the fewer jobs will become available and fewer digital artists will be used to create art.

  43. oldcowbb

    May 18, 2022 at 11:24 pm

    very empty talk, everything is explained with “algorithm” and “data”

  44. Tom Morgan

    May 19, 2022 at 4:09 am

    I genuinely can’t believe it’s even being *contemplated* that it’s okay to use an actor or celebrity’s likeness in any way without their permission, ESPECIALLY after they’re dead.

  45. Aero Thanatos

    May 19, 2022 at 4:42 am

    Hello Wired, I really enjoy the content that you’re putting out, and I want to ask if you’ve ever considered interviewing anime voice actors? I need to know how hilariously awkward it is to voice the characters in harem anime and such. If you already have some voice actor vids, can I get a link? 😁 Thanks, love you Wired.

  46. CHERRY- 🔥𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]

    May 19, 2022 at 8:34 am

    I agree that we need to use AI as a tool to improve these things…just a little uneasy about the using people who have been dead for decades part, that is a bit over the pale.

  47. ALMA- 🔥𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]🔞

    May 19, 2022 at 9:56 am

    I’ll always be in awe of the people behind Thanos. The animators and sound producers definitely, but also the actors around Josh Brolin, who delivered a believable emotional performance while they were looking at a carboard cutout of Thanos’s head fixed on top of the atom bomb that is Josh Brolin wearing a polka dot onesie.
    More power to the animators that came up with a way to make THAT raw footage into the most unforgettable MCU Villain so far.

  48. HENNAH- 🔥𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]

    May 19, 2022 at 11:26 am

    Style transfer for audio deepfakes is wild.

    You could literally use an old actor’s voice to give life to an audio deepfake that’s using his young voice.

  49. Kayla 🍆𝗙**𝗖𝗞 Me! Check 𝗠𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶le💋

    May 19, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    I agree that we need to use AI as a tool to improve these things…just a little uneasy about the using people who have been dead for decades part, that is a bit over the pale.

  50. Jhen- 🔥𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]🔞

    May 19, 2022 at 12:51 pm

    Style transfer for audio deepfakes is wild.

    You could literally use an old actor’s voice to give life to an audio deepfake that’s using his young voice.

  51. Maria 🔥 I WANT SЕХ 💋 F Uc_k me

    May 19, 2022 at 1:42 pm

    I agree that we need to use AI as a tool to improve these things…just a little uneasy about the using people who have been dead for decades part, that is a bit over the pale.

  52. Kari 𝔽**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ𝕂 𝕄𝕐 Рℝ𝟘𝔽𝕀𝕃Е💛

    May 19, 2022 at 3:05 pm

    #LNF

  53. bin4ry_d3struct0r

    May 19, 2022 at 6:17 pm

    Did the AI render Warhol’s voice to sound that robotic or was that how he just naturally sounded?

  54. Sonia’s Way

    May 19, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    Style transfer for audio deepfakes is wild.

    You could literally use an old actor’s voice to give life to an audio deepfake that’s using his young voice.

  55. Invox

    May 21, 2022 at 10:59 pm

    I for one would love to see Marylin Monroe or Humphrey Bogard “acting” again.

  56. Elsie Tatumn

    May 22, 2022 at 1:44 am

    god i love paul bettany

  57. Taylor

    May 23, 2022 at 12:45 pm

    We wanted to retain the humanness in Warhol’s voice so we used a computer…

  58. AlienBoy13

    May 28, 2022 at 7:12 am

    A. I. Took my job.

  59. Nova Verse

    May 29, 2022 at 5:11 pm

    The more this becomes advanced the more people are able to make their own content.
    People have no idea how this A.I stuff will unfold in the next 3 years alone let alone a decade..

  60. Jan Dobrik

    June 1, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    CGI did not increase creativity. They cgi model everything today, to the point it is ridiculous. Instead of going to fim outside, they model a street and glue everything (in bad quality) around actors. It is “funny” how their hair (badly cut hallo around) or eyes do not match

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