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With AI / Graphics and Computation power advancing so quickly, what new practical uses will we find for these technological advances over the next 10 years?

The entertainment industry:

Personally I think with all the advanced computer graphics and the amount of progress we are making with visual effects we can expect to see actors start becoming immortalized in cinema, even created from scratch by directors / "actor developers". I think its only a matter of time that we will see more AI based action sequences that look just as real as the real thing. CGI versions of deceased or created actors with the help of advanced digital graphics and AI processed movements learned from previous roles will become the norm.

It's already happening, but soon enough we won't be able to distinguish these generated actors from the real thing.

I can see the whole entertainment industry being heavily effected by this. Movie, Music, TV, Porn... you name it.

10 years ago by drunkenninja with 15 comments

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  • aj0690
    +8

    Virtual reality with virtual worlds and communities will be an escape from the real world. Also, this might become the dominant form of entertainment in the next 25 years.

    • drunkenninja (edited 10 years ago)
      +7

      Yep, this would actually be the next layer of content consumption too. Makes me wonder how realistic virtual reality can become over the span of 10 years... I think we are still struggling with motion sickness caused by a very small delay in reaction time to what we see. The only viable solution could be to bypass the eyes completely and feed it directly into the brain but that looks far too complicated to be accomplished in the next 10 years.

  • spacepopper
    +6

    Holograms. Holograms everywhere!

    • Splitfish
      +6

      I think that soon enough we will have "hologrammed" sporting events where one arena has the real game going, and the other arena (the away team's) will have everything shown as a hologram in almost real time. Teams can sell out their arenas for all the games of the season instead of just their home games, and make a lot of extra cash.

      • dynamite
        +4

        Holograms for instant replay would kick major ass

      • spacepopper
        +3

        I can see this being a major entertainment game changer.

  • sugartoad
    +6

    I'll state the obvious here --- self driving cars. I can see a subscription model in place where in certain cities people will not need to own a car, by instead will be subscribed (for a nominal fee) to a fleet of self driving cars that automatically come to you should you need one. Those who abuse the cars or damage them in any way would be kicked out of this subscription model. This would be huge, as owning a car in the city fucking sucks.

    • baron778
      +5

      Yes and there will probably be pricing tiers, so if you pay the top dollar, you will have limos and other nice cars driving you around. People that want/need to pay less can choose to ride the bus etc (where you may still have to walk a little bit).

      • sugartoad
        +2

        There you go. When do you want to get started? We need to jump on this now!

        • baron778
          +2

          Now. You call the CEO of Uber and I'll call the CEO of Google (Self-driving car division). We all take 25% each ;)

  • kebwi
    +5

    Here's an article I wrote about an under-appreciated prediction I made that would result from ever-increasing graphics performance, namely that synthesized voices will be the last piece to fall into place to revolutionize the film industry by replacing human actors.

    http://www.keithwiley.com/mindRamblings/synthVoiceHollywood.shtml

    • canuck
      +6

      Uh, there are comments in your article from 03'. Impressed.

    • drunkenninja
      +5

      Holy shit

      Hollywood is dead. Long live Hollywood. Hollywood depends on several things, but anyone would agree that the one thing that is more vital than anything else is actors. Sure, all the other jobs are important, but ultimately it's about the actors. We will have fully artificial actors within twenty years (we would have them a lot sooner if movies were still silent). When that day comes, movies won't be about expensive, stuck-up actors anymore. They will be about good story-writers. Making movies will become a profession for writers and directors (with a soundtrack composer hired on the side). All other jobs (actors, producers, stage-managers, set-designers, coffee-getters, food-caterers, "extras") will be gone forever. Sounds kinda nice, doesn't it?

      Dude, that's a damn good prediction, right on point! Thanks for sharing.