Why La Comic Con thought that making an AI-driven Stan Lee Hologram was a good idea

“We don't try to bring Stan back from the dead”

During our conversation, Demoulin repeatedly emphasized that their AI -Hologram was not intended to serve as a replacement for the living version of Lee. “We want to ensure that people understand that we are not trying to bring Stan back from the dead,” he said. “We don't try to say that this is Stan, and we try not to put words in his mouth, and this avatar is not going to do commercials to advertise the products of other people.”

Demoulin said he sees the Lee Avatar as a kind of futuristic guide for a library of Marvel information and Trivia, presented a nice and familiar face. “In the introduction, the Avatar will say,” I am here as a result of the latest technological developments, which means I can be a holographic representation of Stan to answer your questions about Marvel and Trivia and the other, “said Demoulin,” said Demoulin, “Demoulin said,” Demoulin said

Yet Demoulin said that he understands why the idea of ​​even using a stylized version of Lee's similarity in this way could rub some fans in the wrong way. “When a new technology comes out, it just feels wrong for them, and I respect the fact that this feels wrong for people,” he said. “I totally agree that something like that – not only for Stan, but for everyone, every living or death of celebrities – can be put into this technology and can be used in a way that would be exploited and unhappy.”

That is why Demoulin said that he and the others behind the AI-driven Lee feel a responsibility “to ensure that if we did this, we would never get around there.” Moreover, he said he “Disappointed that people would be so negative about something they have not seen. … it's not that I think their position is invalid. What I think is invalid is a huge negative position about something that you have not actually seen. “