An A.I. Robot Has Been Cast To Star in a Upcoming Sci-Fi Film Titled b

It was only a matter of time before this happened, but an artificially intelligent robot actor named Erica has been cast to star in an upcoming sci-fi film project.

The film is titled b and it has a $70 million budget. The story follows “a scientist who discovers dangers associated with a program he created to perfect human DNA and helps the artificially intelligent woman he designed (Erica) escape.”

The concept for the story comes from visual effects supervisor Eric Pham, Tarek Zohdy, and Sam Khoze, who also produces through Life Entertainment. They say that this will be the first film to “rely on an artificially intelligent actor.”

Erica was developed by Japanese scientists Hiroshi Ishiguro and Kohei Ogawa, as part of their study of robotics. They also taught her to act, “applying the principles of method acting to artificial intelligence.” Khoze talked about the A.I. actor, saying:

“In other methods of acting, actors involve their own life experiences in the role. But Erica has no life experiences. She was created from scratch to play the role. We had to simulate her motions and emotions through one-on-one sessions, such as controlling the speed of her movements, talking through her feelings and coaching character development and body language.”

Erica was originally set to debut in another project that was going to be directed by Tony Kaye (American History X), but that didn’t end up working out.

The director of b and the human actor who will co-star alongside Erica have yet to be announced. Producers filmed some of her scenes in Japan in 2019. They expect to shoot the rest of b in Europe in June of 2021.

This is pretty weird and wild, but I can’t help but be curious to see how this turns out.

Source: THR