“Law & Order SVU” star Ice-T says he’s not worried that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) version of himself could eventually take his place onscreen, continuing his character’s story arc in perpetuity.
Ice-T, born Tracy Lauren Marrow, already holds the record for playing the same character — Detective Odafin Tutuola on NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” — on a primetime television series. That happened entirely by chance, he said at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in 2022 — after a four-episode guest spot turned into a run that has lasted more than two decades and 500 episodes. Carrying on that role via AI would only extend his run.
“I think Ice-T could potentially act forever,” the actor referenced himself in the third person when talking to entertainment site Page Six. “I wouldn’t care. I think to say ‘no’ would be selfish. A future AI…
