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On Thursday, the stars of one of 2023's biggest films arrived at the red carpet. But not long afterwards, they left. The actors and actresses of Oppenheimer had gone on strikeWhen people refuse to work until their demands for changes have been met. !

Actors and writers around the world have gone on strike. TV shows will be postponedDelayed to a later date or time. . Films delayed. Nobody is sure if big global award shows will go ahead.

What do the strikers want? The actors say they want fair pay from streaming services such as Netflix. But they also have another fear. They think AIA computer programme that has been designed to think.  could put actors out of work.

AI can help filmmakers make amazing films with less money, says actor Tye Sheridan. He has helped create an app that makes it easier to use characters made on a computer.

Today, actors can keep making films long after they have died - using digital versions of themselves. The actor Tom Hanks say he thinks his AI character will make films for a very long time.

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Some think this is wrong. They say jobs should go to living actors - and that it is wrong to recreate the dead.

Others think it is impossible for an AI to be a lead actor. They say that AI cannot show thoughts and feelings like a human.

Yes! People want the thoughts and feelings that actors show to be real. An AI actor cannot make us feel in the same way as a human.

No! Computers may one day be much better actors than humans - in the future, we can have even better movies with the help of AI.