The use of artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry has become a major topic in recent years, provoking quite a lot of conversation surrounding which projects do — or even could — employ it. One significant element of the debate has been around using AI to revive or recreate performances from older actors — and it looks like legendary Star Trek star William Shatner has a unique outlook on the matter. While speaking to ComicBook.com about his upcoming appearance at Mega-Con in Orlando on February 3rd and February 4th, Shatner addressed the possibility of his iteration of Star Trek ‘s Captain James T. Kirk returning through AI, and revealed he would only want it to happen under specific circumstances.
“It’s an interesting question,” Shatner explained. ” The strike was all about getting permission to do that. And so if I’m alive, I don’t want AI to do that, but if I’m dead and they ask my family and they’re going to pay my family very well to sound like me, I would advise them to say yes.”