Actor Peyton Meyer explains why he helped an AI firm to demonstrate how it can replace actors

Forget “Scream 7”  — Hollywood’s scariest movie this year is a 15 second video clip showing Lakers player Peyton Meyer dunking the ball in a packed stadium, then staring down a rival player on the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The jump scare awaiting actors across Tinseltown: Meyer isn’t a Lakers player, he’s an actor, the ESPN-quality clip is entirely AI generated, and Meyer didn’t so much as set foot in front of camera to create it.

It offers perhaps the most chilling glimpse yet of how unnecessary humans may have become in the AI age.

So why would “He’s All That” star Meyer help platform Flik.Ai — which claims to have a 50,000-person waiting list — to show off just how well-equipped it is to put himself and his SAG-card-holding friends out of a job.