In the late 80s we had this series called Max Headroom where the namesake main character was supposedly computer generated but in reality was an actor in heavy make-up plus some effects. I wonder if DeepTomCruise is similar or really AI generated as it is claimed by its creators? The actor behind DeepTomCruise already looks quite a lot like the young Tom Cruise and I'm pretty sure good make-up, acting and a good deal of state-of-the-art post-processing could go a long way.
So, what are the chances machine learning was really necessary and useful in the production of these videos?