You could argue the same thing about professional sports. AI could generate virtual athletes and simulate sporting events. I doubt anyone would watch it though.

Live theater has been around for thousands of years. I don’t think AI is going to do away with human actors. What would be cool is using AI actors to create movies for more niche stories or ancient myths that would never be able to have the budget necessary to pay real actors. They already do some of this with business training videos.

It’s depressing.