Keanu Reeves Worries About ‘Scary’ Deepfakes And A.I. Technology

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Keanu Reeves has some concerns about our digital future. The “John Wick: Chapter 4” star is on the new cover of WIRED alongside director Chad Stahelski, and in the interview, the actor talks about advances in deepfake technology. READ MORE: Keanu Reeves Gets Into Gunfights On Horseback In ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Trailer As it turns out, Reeves has long been wary of digital performance manipulation, having added a clause to his contract years ago stating that any manipulation in his movies must be done with his approval. “I don’t mind if someone takes a blink out during an edit,” he says. “But early on, in the early 2000s, or it might have been the ’90s, I had a performance changed. [He won’t say which.] They added a tear to my face, and I was just like, ‘Huh?!’ It was like, I don’t even have to be here.” Asked about recent developments in deepfakes, including computer generated versions of Bruce Willis appearing in Russian commercials, Reeves says, “What’s frustrating about that is you lose your agency.” “When you give a performance in a film, you know you’re going to be edited, but you’re participating in that.

If you go into deepfake land, it has none of your points of view,” he continues. “That’s scary. It’s going to be interesting to see how humans deal with these technologies.

They’re having such cultural, sociological impacts, and the species is being studied. There’s so much “data” on behaviors now.

Technologies are finding places in our education, in our medicine, in our entertainment, in our politics, and how we war and how we work. READ MORE: Keanu Reeves Says ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Brings More Action Than Ever Before, Admits It Was The ‘Hardest’ Role He’s Trained For Reeves is also concerned, though