Who should play Elon Musk in 'Artificial'? As Andrew Garfield is cast as Sam Altman, AI reveals the actors who could take on the role as the Tesla billionaire
But as hype around 'Artificial' builds, one key question remains – who is brave enough to take on the role of Elon Musk?
Several names have already been floated, including comedic actor, Ike Barinholtz.
However, it seems that AI – one of the key themes of the film – has other ideas.
MailOnline asked ChatGPT which actors it thought would be able to tackle the role of the Tesla billionaire.
According to the bot, the actor would need to 'pull off three things at once' – Musk's look, mannerisms, and energy.
The leading contender for the role? Joseph Gordon–Levitt.
'Joseph Gordon–Levitt — adaptable, could nail the thoughtful–yet–offbeat vibe,' ChatGPT explained.
MailOnline asked ChatGPT which actors it thought would be able to take on the role as the Tesla billionaire
Artificial will be directed by Luca Guadagnino, and is loosely based on the drama behind the scenes at OpenAI.
In 2023, Sam Altman was famously fired due to a loss of confidence from the board, before being rehired just five days later.
Musk co–founded the company with Altman in 2015, but left in 2018 – and has been very vocal in his distain for his co–founder ever since.
So far, several high–profile celebrities have been confirmed for the film, which is yet to have a release date.
Andrew Garfield will star as Altman, while Monica Barbaro will play Mira Murati, the former Interim OpenAI CEO.
Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, Billie Lourd, and Chris O'Dowd also join the list, although their roles remain unclear.
As for the part of Musk, ChatGPT explained that the actor will need to match the billionaire's look (tall, slightly angular face, intense eyes), mannerisms (mix of awkward pauses, blunt delivery, and bursts of enthusiasm), and energy (restless ambition, a bit of chaos, and occasional deadpan humor).
Based on that rationale, the bot has put forward six potential actors.
The AI bot has put forward six potential actors to play Elon Musk – including Nicholas Hoult and Cillian Murphy
ChatGPT explained that the actor will need to match the billionaire's look (tall, slightly angular face, intense eyes), mannerisms (mix of awkward pauses, blunt delivery, and bursts of enthusiasm), and energy (restless ambition, a bit of chaos, and occasional deadpan humor)
Alongside Joseph Gordon–Levitt, the AI bot suggests that Sherlock star, Benedict Cumberbatch, could have what it takes.
He has 'proven range with eccentric geniuses, and could tweak his voice to match Musk's cadence,' ChatGPT explained.
Oscar winner Rami Malek, who has previously played Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, is also a strong contender.
He 'excels at portraying enigmatic, hyper–focused characters,' the bot explained.
Skins star, Nicholas Hoult 'can do both awkward charm and intense ambition,' ChatGPT adds, while Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy 'would bring a quieter, more calculating take on Musk'.
Finally, ChatGPT has included a wild card – Adam Driver.
'If Hollywood wanted a slightly satirical version, Adam Driver could absolutely crush it,' the bot added.
Elon Musk wants to push technology to its absolute limit, from space travel to self-driving cars — but he draws the line at artificial intelligence.
The billionaire first shared his distaste for AI in 2014, calling it humanity's 'biggest existential threat' and comparing it to 'summoning the demon.'
At the time, Musk also revealed he was investing in AI companies not to make money but to keep an eye on the technology in case it gets out of hand.
His main fear is that in the wrong hands, if AI becomes advanced, it could overtake humans and spell the end of mankind, which is known as The Singularity.
That concern is shared among many brilliant minds, including the late Stephen Hawking, who told the BBC in 2014: 'The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
'It would take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate.'
Despite his fear of AI, Musk has invested in the San Francisco-based AI group Vicarious, in DeepMind, which has since been acquired by Google, and OpenAI, creating the popular ChatGPT program that has taken the world by storm in recent months.
During a 2016 interview, Musk noted that he and OpenAI created the company to 'have democratisation of AI technology to make it widely available.'
Musk founded OpenAI with Sam Altman, the company's CEO, but in 2018 the billionaire attempted to take control of the start-up.
His request was rejected, forcing him to quit OpenAI and move on with his other projects.
In November, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, which became an instant success worldwide.
The chatbot uses 'large language model' software to train itself by scouring a massive amount of text data so it can learn to generate eerily human-like text in response to a given prompt.
ChatGPT is used to write research papers, books, news articles, emails and more.
But while Altman is basking in its glory, Musk is attacking ChatGPT.
He says the AI is 'woke' and deviates from OpenAI's original non-profit mission.
'OpenAI was created as an open source (which is why I named it 'Open' AI), non-profit company to serve as a counterweight to Google, but now it has become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft, Musk tweeted in February.
The Singularity is making waves worldwide as artificial intelligence advances in ways only seen in science fiction - but what does it actually mean?
In simple terms, it describes a hypothetical future where technology surpasses human intelligence and changes the path of our evolution.
Experts have said that once AI reaches this point, it will be able to innovate much faster than humans.
There are two ways the advancement could play out, with the first leading to humans and machines working together to create a world better suited for humanity.
For example, humans could scan their consciousness and store it in a computer in which they will live forever.
The second scenario is that AI becomes more powerful than humans, taking control and making humans its slaves - but if this is true, it is far off in the distant future.
Researchers are now looking for signs of AI reaching The Singularity, such as the technology's ability to translate speech with the accuracy of a human and perform tasks faster.
Former Google engineer Ray Kurzweil predicts it will be reached by 2045.
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