Lucasfilm hires YouTuber behind viral ‘Mandalorian’ deepfake video

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The Mandalorian.The Star Wars production company confirmed in a statement to IndieWire that Shamook would be joining their Industrial Light and Magic team, focusing on visual effects.“[Industrial Light and Magic is] always on the lookout for talented artists and have in fact hired the artist that goes by the online persona ‘Shamook,’” a Lucasfilm representative said.“Over the past several years ILM has been investing in both machine learning and A.I.

as a means to produce compelling visual effects work and it’s been terrific to see momentum building in this space as the technology advances.”“Shamook” confirmed the news in the comments section of one of his recent videos that he would now be working with Lucasfilm.“As some of you may already.