The actor didn’t exist. His face was a composite of the best features of a dozen background actors, hired for a day’s work and scanned. His body was constructed by AI based on the latest social media fitness trends. His voice was synthesized by algorithm using data scraped from the top five romance novel audiobook narrators.
But one day, the machine just stopped working, and production shut down. The studio executive hauled the lead programmer into his office to demand answers.
“It’s the model. It won’t leave its trailer, so to speak.”
“What?”
“The AI is having an existential crisis.”

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