Ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of Elon Musk

VENICE, Italy (AP) – A new documentary regarding Elon Musk uses a CGI avatar and artificial intelligence voice syncing to simulate an interview with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO using things he's really stated in interviews.

Key points

• The Oscar-winning filmmaker was joined at the Venice Film Festival by Ashley St.
• The choice, filmmaker Alex Gibney remarked Tuesday in Venice before the film's world premiere, was intentionally ironic.
• The filmmakers consulted lawyers before going too far down the road and obtained the sign-off to apply the Musk avatar.

What happened

Notably, the choice, filmmaker Alex Gibney remarked Tuesday in Venice before the film's world premiere, was intentionally ironic. It both references Musk's proposition that we're all living in a simulation and pokes at his somewhat paradoxical and shifting views of the technology. Gibney remarked it is to convey the "reality of what he's done and unreality of his narrative."

Meanwhile, the filmmakers consulted lawyers before going too far down the road and obtained the sign-off to apply the Musk avatar.

Notably, the Oscar-winning filmmaker was joined at the Venice Film Festival by Ashley St. Clair, once a conservative influencer. This person shares a child with Musk and who appears in the film. She discussions concerning their relationship, his character and the nondisclosure agreement she was asked, and refused, to sign to guarantee paternity backing.

The bottom line

For now, ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.