You know something is revolutionary when it has the potential to change everything.  It is really driven [home](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-home) when the metrics and standards that previously were used become completely useless.


This is the situation with [AI](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-artificial-intelligence).  In fact, the digitization of the [world](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-world) made many things we use to take as a standard for [life](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-life) less impactful.


For example, [gross domestic product](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-gross-domestic-product-gdp) (GDP) is a tainted metric in the technological period.  It does not factor in the [price](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-price) declines due to [technology](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-technology) while encompassing the societal benefit.


At present, this is not evident to most.  However, once we hit another [economic](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-economic) singularity, it will be clear as [day](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-day).


The same is true for laws.  Obviously, when the [automobile](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-automobile-car) emerged, the laws applied to [horses](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-horse-animal) were no longer valid, at least not for the new technology.


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## Robert Downey Jr: Clueless About The Disruption That Is Coming


Robert Downey Jr. is going on the offensive.


We can see from this headline that his [lawyers](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-lawyer) are ready to get their [keyboards](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-keyboard) going.  Anyone who recreates his likeness will be a target.


>“I intend to sue all future executives” who sign off on the creation of a Downey [digital](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-digital) replica. The Oscar winner does not want his likeness being used [on screen](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-on-screen) through AI technology and/or deepfakes. The topic came up in relation to Downey’s Marvel tenure as Iron [man](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-man), but he’s confident Marvel would not recreate his Tony Stark through AI.

<center> [Source](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/robert-downey-jr-bans-hollywood-digital-replace-lawsuit-1236192374/) </center>


This is not going to be the last [time](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-time) we see this.  I expect many other celebrities are going to follow suit.


There are two challenges with this.


1) It is going to be impossible to sue everyone


Downey Jr. is operating from the premise that he will be able to identify everyone who is doing it.  He is still thinking about the [entertainment industry](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-entertainment-industry) as a set of major studios along with some independent firms.


By the end of this decade, that will not be the case.  At that time, it is likely that anyone with a [smartphone](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-smartphone) will be able to generate a [video](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-video) production, using his likeness.


In other words, there will be 6 billion people.  Will he sue all of them?


2) His days are numbers


The other factor, he is rapidly going to become a fossil.  By this I mean celebrities are a dying breed.  [Humans](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-human) will not be required.


With AI generated [entertainment](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-entertainment), it is most likely our "stars" of tomorrow will be the same.  Nobody is going to care about these celebrities.


This is not without precedent.  In fact, we have decades that show this to be true.


Let us look at Mickey Mouse.  This was probably Disney's most successful [character](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-character-film).  Of course, Mickey does not exist.


The world of [animation](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-animation) never transcended into the real world for obvious reasons.  However, this all changes when the characters are not animated.


Many will say this is never going to happen.  Naturally, the word "never" is espoused quite frequently when it comes to new technologies.


## Technological Luddites


The Luddites are the poster [children](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-children) for the "anti-tech" movement.  It is a word tossed around a lot yet typically doesn't apply to the masses.


Sure, there are some who fight technology because their livelihoods are at [risk](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-risk).  This is actually going to be an expanding number.


That said, most of society are not Luddites.  They simply are averse to technological change (many are to change in general) while also not understanding it.


Here is an example:


A couple decades ago, many were claiming they would "never give their [credit card](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-credit-card) online".  As we see here today, how many kept that promise.  Do we see the number of online [transactions](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-transaction) each year?  Those are not settled in [cash](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-cash).


The ones making that statement were not necessarily Luddites.  Instead, they were simply unaware of how things would evolve.  To be fair, in 1999, it might have been crazy to put your [credit](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-credit) card on many [websites](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-website).


To presume something is not going to happen simply because we are looking at the world based upon present knowledge (or conditioning) is misguided.


Another example is one of ownership.  This is an area of dispute for many valid reasons.  However, when it comes to something like [music](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-music), do people really care if they "own" a [song](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-song).  A few decades ago, people purchased recorded music.  It was on something they could hold, pass around, and had to store.


Today, pay [Spotify](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-spotify) $10 per [month](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-month) and be done with it.


The point here is that perspectives change, especially as technology advances.  To think that our "celebrities" will always be human is a mistake.  Here is where Downey Jr. is being presumptive.


Will anyone want his likeness in the future?  Will be even be a topic of discussion in a decade.


We know the "out of sight, out of mind" is especially true for celebrities.  As the [Internet](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-internet) transitions, who is going to be watching what these people are doing?


## Hollywood Destruction


I write a great deal about [Web 3.0](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-web-3-0) and the demise of Hollywood for a reason.


This is a technological [story](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-story).  It has enormous impact simply due to the fact that entertainment is so large.  To overlook something of this magnitude crashing before our eyes is stunning.


To me, the fact this is happening might not be clear to many of those involved in Hollywood.  We dive into the [media](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-media) and how the landscape is shifting underneath them.  The tentacles of this are hard to fathom.


With technology, there is the impact upon society that also should be considered.  There is no doubt that Hollywood certainly had that.  The question is what will they have going forward?


The media is fragmenting.  Eyeballs are being distributed into many newer directions.  More content is being generated on a daily basis, all of this filling the pipeline of options people have.


What this means is the present rules, standards, and actions are bound to change.  The key is the rate things are happening.  


Those who realize the trend has a chance to position him or herself.  What is crucial is seeing the entire picture (or as much as possible) and not simply a sliver of it.  To me, Downey Jr.  is only looking at a smaller piece to the puzzle.


For this reason, he is going to be caught off guard by what truly takes place.


It is common and something we all should [work](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-work) hard to avoid.  This is the fastest moving technological era we ever saw.  Things will be vastly different in 5 [years](https://inleo.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-year).


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