Recently, the discussion about "using AI actors for supporting roles and below" has topped the trending list on social platforms, marking that the penetration of generative AI technology into the film and television production process has deeply advanced from special effects assistance to character replacement. Prominent screenwriter Yu Zheng publicly responded to this, emphasizing the irreplaceability of real performances.
Currently, AI actors, leveraging digital generation technology, can perform high-difficulty actions and create special character images, demonstrating significant cost reduction and efficiency improvement in short film production, greatly shortening development cycles. However, the limitations behind the technological benefits are increasingly evident: digital algorithms still lack the ability to convey emotional depth and the warmth of life, and the audience's psychological defense mechanisms make it difficult for AI images to establish emotional resonance among peers.
This trend reflects that the film and television industry is in a period of intense friction between technology and art. As Yu Zheng stated, AI may be a temporary trend; it serves more as a screening mechanism to eliminate mediocre output, while the core of creation still needs to return to human thought and emotions. In the current era where digital models and real performances coexist, how to balance technological leverage and humanistic care has become an issue the industry must face directly.
