Disappointing. The Rolling Stones turned a new single into a vanity project by using AI to de-age themselves. [View all]

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We always knew Mick Jagger was vain, but I thought he was smarter than this. The video is otherwise real actors, dancers and musicians - a few guys from the young retro band Hot Property were used as body doubles for the Stones, before AI was used to make them look like Mick, Keith and Ronnie from the 1970s. The song itself isn't bad.

But Mick being willing to use AI even this much made me wonder how much he's using AI otherwise, including possibly for lyrics and music.

And with the video featuring 25-year-old actress Odessa A'zion - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/odessa-azion-interview-marty-surpreme-i-love-la-1236487185/ - licking Mick's face, I can't help thinking that 82-year-old Mick really wanted that scene, but not with her licking his 82-year-old face. And that was the main impetus for the AI de-aging.

A lot of Stones fans don't like it. See this Reddit thread from r/rollingstones:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rollingstones/comments/1tdfstv/this_new_ai_video_is_very_uncanny_valley_i_dont/

Lots of negative comments on YouTube as well.

I'd've rather seen a video with old footage of the Stones performing and partying than this. Or current video, for that matter. It's not as if we're not used to the Stones looking old.

I'm not a fan of AI being used to de-age actors, either. Or holograms of de-aged musicians being used for concert performances.

I'm curious about how DUers feel about it. Which is why I'm posting it here in GD.