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Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art

I promise this is a compliment! (Sort of.)
Robin Wright and Tom Hanks stand in a 1970s-ish living room. They both look subtly, creepily younger.
The digital de-aging effects in Here are among the best I've seen, and yet as this image shows, they're just never going to crack that tech, huh? (Credit: Sony)

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