Nicolas Cage warns Hollywood actors that AI 'wants to take your instrument'

Nicolas Cage is continuing to warn his fellow actors about artificial intelligence, telling an audience this past weekend to protect themselves from studios using the technology.

"This technology wants to take your instrument. We are the instruments as film actors."

"There is a new technology in town. It’s a technology that I didn’t have to contend with for 42 years until recently. But these 10 young actors, this generation, most certainly will be, and they are calling it ‘EBDR.’ This technology wants to take your instrument. We are the instruments as film actors. We are not hiding behind guitars and drums," Cage said, per Deadline.

EBDR stands for "employment-based digital replica," one of two digital replicas allowed following the deal settled by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and the studios following last year’s dual strikes.