Charlize Theron Says ‘In 10 Years, AI Is Going to Be Able to Do’ Timothée Chalamet’s Job, but it ‘Will Not Be Able to Replace’ Live Performance Like Ballet
Charlize Theron Says ‘In 10 Years, AI Is Going to Be Able to Do’ Timothée Chalamet’s Job, but it ‘Will Not Be Able to Replace’ Live Performance Like Ballet
> When Theron was asked about the major mental challenges of her past roles, the action star said, “Dance is probably one of the hardest things I ever did. Dancers are superheroes. What they put their bodies through in complete silence.”
> Interviewer Lulu Garcia-Navarro then alluded to Chalamet’s now infamous “ballet or opera” statement, to which Theron replied, “Oh, boy, I hope I run into him one day. That was a very reckless comment on an art form, two art forms, that we need to lift up constantly because, yes, they do have a hard time. But in 10 years, AI is going to be able to do Timothée’s job, but it will not be able to replace a person on a stage dancing live.”
> She continued, “And we shouldn’t [expletive] on other art forms. Dance taught me discipline. It taught structure. It taught hard work. It taught me to be tough. It’s borderline abusive. There were several times that I had blood infections from blisters that just never healed. And you don’t get a day off. I’m literally talking about bleeding through your shoes. And that’s something that you have to practice every single day, the mind-set of just, you don’t give up, there’s no other option, you keep going.”
Suchgallbladder on
Could Hollywood actors please get off this ballet bullshit? It was a smear campaign designed to cost Chalamet the Oscar. It worked. Please move on.
broha89 on
Oh we’re still talking about this? Ok
picknicksje85 on
Those Chinese robots did quite the acrobatics recently.
Potential-Bird-5826 on
They’re already experimenting with robot stunt… Err… People…, I imagine robot ballerinas are closer than she thinks
Bongressman on
Absolutely guarantee robot ballet will be a thing.
ObviouslyJoking on
The real question is will the customer pay $20 to see a film entirely generated by AI with no human actors made for a small fraction of the cost of a normal film? Or to phrase it another way how stupid do they think we are?
thegreatredwizard on
Are we still milking this story? He was trying to say he didnt want Cinema to become a dead or pretentious artwork, which Ballet absolutely is.
Impressive_Youth1133 on
This is such a ridiculous take on his words and people won’t shut the Hell up about it.
thatisnotmyknob on
I don’t think thats true. I see the AI bubble popping.
baz4k6z on
There appears to be a great push towards normalizing AI slop. It’s like too many people massively invested in it and are getting desperate to see some profitability. How strange
Isoturius on
Ballet is a dying art.
This virtue signaling shit over ballet and opera has been wild to see.
Suspicious_Hand_2194 on
I feel like ai can replace live performance like ballet also. With the way that ai is advancing over the years and even months, ai can pretty much take over the entertainment industry and other industries and nobody can do a thing about it
chewbaccawastrainedb on
Doesn’t that mean it will also do Charlize Theron’s job as well since she is also an actress? What a dumb statement.
xDeathRender on
Not even picking sides with the Timmy ballet thing but she is just hilariously wrong. We are far closer to a lifeless machine being able to physically mimic human movement if not out perform it in 10 years especially on specialized task. But to get all the nuances of acting and all the emotional control and complex narratives and voice infections and soo on. If Charlize was trying to defend ballet as some holy art form she is doing a good job of accidently showing it may be one of the easiest art forms to produce non organically… Which I feel could add even more fuel to this wierd fire.
FlaviusVespasian on
Ballet and opera are lame. Nuff said
coreoYEAH on
“that we need to lift up constantly because, yes, they do have a hard time.”
So, what he said yeah?
jono9898 on
Nobody was talking about ballet until Tim said something so all these ballet fan celebrities should be thanking him, again it’s more people upset with Tim over his comments than the actors who are Woody Allen apologists
MercyMe92 on
Dang leave him alone already lol. I like the opera too but it wasn’t that serious
Ok-Bar601 on
Probably her job first because she’ll be unemployable.
Redmoonsbstars1 on
She is 4 weeks late for this conversation.
Darkdragoon324 on
Is she saying he acts like a soulless robot?
OkDentist4059 on
Might be the weirdest possible take on this situation, congrats Charlize
No-Carpet3079 on
This whole discussion ended up being more annoying than anything Timothée said, am i supposed to believe that everyone and their mother cares so much about ballet to the point where we need to repeat the same discussion, same arguments, a month after the fact? I mean really who gives a fuck at this point? Performative bullshit
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Ok, how about in 15 years, though?
Ai robot ninja ballerinas
> When Theron was asked about the major mental challenges of her past roles, the action star said, “Dance is probably one of the hardest things I ever did. Dancers are superheroes. What they put their bodies through in complete silence.”
> Interviewer Lulu Garcia-Navarro then alluded to Chalamet’s now infamous “ballet or opera” statement, to which Theron replied, “Oh, boy, I hope I run into him one day. That was a very reckless comment on an art form, two art forms, that we need to lift up constantly because, yes, they do have a hard time. But in 10 years, AI is going to be able to do Timothée’s job, but it will not be able to replace a person on a stage dancing live.”
> She continued, “And we shouldn’t [expletive] on other art forms. Dance taught me discipline. It taught structure. It taught hard work. It taught me to be tough. It’s borderline abusive. There were several times that I had blood infections from blisters that just never healed. And you don’t get a day off. I’m literally talking about bleeding through your shoes. And that’s something that you have to practice every single day, the mind-set of just, you don’t give up, there’s no other option, you keep going.”
Could Hollywood actors please get off this ballet bullshit? It was a smear campaign designed to cost Chalamet the Oscar. It worked. Please move on.
Oh we’re still talking about this? Ok
Those Chinese robots did quite the acrobatics recently.
They’re already experimenting with robot stunt… Err… People…, I imagine robot ballerinas are closer than she thinks
Absolutely guarantee robot ballet will be a thing.
The real question is will the customer pay $20 to see a film entirely generated by AI with no human actors made for a small fraction of the cost of a normal film? Or to phrase it another way how stupid do they think we are?
Are we still milking this story? He was trying to say he didnt want Cinema to become a dead or pretentious artwork, which Ballet absolutely is.
This is such a ridiculous take on his words and people won’t shut the Hell up about it.
I don’t think thats true. I see the AI bubble popping.
There appears to be a great push towards normalizing AI slop. It’s like too many people massively invested in it and are getting desperate to see some profitability. How strange
Ballet is a dying art.
This virtue signaling shit over ballet and opera has been wild to see.
I feel like ai can replace live performance like ballet also. With the way that ai is advancing over the years and even months, ai can pretty much take over the entertainment industry and other industries and nobody can do a thing about it
Doesn’t that mean it will also do Charlize Theron’s job as well since she is also an actress? What a dumb statement.
Not even picking sides with the Timmy ballet thing but she is just hilariously wrong. We are far closer to a lifeless machine being able to physically mimic human movement if not out perform it in 10 years especially on specialized task. But to get all the nuances of acting and all the emotional control and complex narratives and voice infections and soo on. If Charlize was trying to defend ballet as some holy art form she is doing a good job of accidently showing it may be one of the easiest art forms to produce non organically… Which I feel could add even more fuel to this wierd fire.
Ballet and opera are lame. Nuff said
“that we need to lift up constantly because, yes, they do have a hard time.”
So, what he said yeah?
Nobody was talking about ballet until Tim said something so all these ballet fan celebrities should be thanking him, again it’s more people upset with Tim over his comments than the actors who are Woody Allen apologists
Dang leave him alone already lol. I like the opera too but it wasn’t that serious
Probably her job first because she’ll be unemployable.
She is 4 weeks late for this conversation.
Is she saying he acts like a soulless robot?
Might be the weirdest possible take on this situation, congrats Charlize
This whole discussion ended up being more annoying than anything Timothée said, am i supposed to believe that everyone and their mother cares so much about ballet to the point where we need to repeat the same discussion, same arguments, a month after the fact? I mean really who gives a fuck at this point? Performative bullshit
Ironically cinema replaced ballet and plays