Forget “Scream 7” — Hollywood’s scariest movie this year is a 15 second video clip showing Lakers player Peyton Meyer dunking the ball in a packed stadium, then staring down a rival player on the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The jump scare awaiting actors across Tinseltown: Meyer isn’t a Lakers player, he’s an actor, the ESPN-quality clip is entirely AI generated, and Meyer didn’t so much as set foot in front of camera to create it.
It offers perhaps the most chilling glimpse yet of how unnecessary humans may have become in the AI age.
Peyton Meyer, here in ABC’s “American Housewife,” appeared in a video clip showing off AI’s incredible abilities. ABC via Getty Images
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