EastEnders star Larry Lamb explains the flaws of AI
Larry Lamb doubts whether AI can replicate human talent.
Larry Lamb doesn't believe talented actors can be replaced by AI.
The 78-year-old TV star - who has previously starred in Gavin and Stacey, EastEnders, and New Tricks - has pushed back against the idea that talented actors will be easily replaced by AI.
Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, Larry explained: "Creative people aren't going to be fazed out by AI, not people with real talent.
"AI doesn't get jokes, it doesn't get irony. You write out a straightforward question and it comes back with "I don't understand your question.'
"Well, how intelligent is that? That's artificial stupidity. A real person would understand the question straight away."
Larry cannot envision a scenario in which talented actors and actresses are simply replaced by AI technology.
He said: "The fault with AI is that some human being programmes it, and they don't programme it in a way that they don't look stupid. So I can't see that people with talent of any kind really are going to be put out of the picture."
Larry sees himself as being semi-retired from acting, and he is now focused on his passion of writing poetry.
The former soap star - who played Archie Mitchell in EastEnders - shared: "I'm writing about all different things, about getting to be an old man and facing the fact that death is not so far away anymore, it's getting closer all the time.
"It helps me to be realistic about mortality and having said goodbye to immortality.
"I've got two jobs on this year so it's not like I'm stopping acting, I'm just really enjoying being a semi-retired actor who's writing poetry.
"The stuff that I've written comes right from my soul. There's no need to be trying to be anybody else."
Larry believes his poetry is an honest reflection of his real-life self.
He said: "I've spent 50 years being an actor. I'm here as Larry Lamb, not as Archie Mitchell, not as Mick Shipman, not as the 500 other people I've played over the years.
"So doing poetry for people is like laying your heart out on the line, it's fabulous. You're not saying anybody else's script. This is me representing me."
