Robert Downey Jr. praised Jon Favreau for being ambitious in his filmmaking, shouting out many films he has directed, including'The Lion King' and'The Jungle Book.' Robert Downey Jr. might be devoid of iron, but he's sure got some steel. The Academy Award-winning actor, 59, is speaking out about rapid technological advancements and how he plans to fight back if his name and likeness are manipulated by artificial intelligence. "I intend to sue," he told the "On with Kara Swisher" podcast. HOLLYWOOD EXECS WARN AI STEALS JOBS BUT CAN'T DO JOB OF TRUE ARTISTS: 'I WANT TO WORK WITH HUMAN BEINGS' Robert Downey Jr. says he plans to sue if someone manipulates his likeness through artificial intelligence. It all comes back to Downey Jr.'s alter ego, Tony Stark, whose own alter ego is Iron Man.

Justine Bateman told Fox News Digital using artificial intelligence to write a script is not solving any problems because there is no lack of talent in the industry. With big bank accounts, celebrities have begun to invest money in companies using artificial intelligence, predominately startups. Within the past few years, "The Wolf of Wall Street" actor Leonardo DiCaprio and "Iron Man" himself, Robert Downey Jr., have both reportedly invested millions, along with their respective venture capital firms, into AI companies designed to impact the environment. Other stars, including Ashton Kutcher and Black Eyed Peas singer and rapper will.i.am., are also exploring the world of AI, something Kutcher believes is deeply intertwined into a successful future. Ashton Kutcher believes AI is the future and a good thing for humanity.

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Climate change: I am inevitable. Robert Downey Jr.: I am Iron Man. That's basically what went down during the opening keynote at Amazon's new re:MARS tech and innovation conference in Las Vegas. Avengers actor Robert Downey Jr. made the very Tony Stark-like announcement that he'd be launching a new organization focused on solving environmental woes using artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. "Between robotics and technology, we could probably clean up the planet significantly, if not entirely, within a decade," he said on Tuesday night.

Robert Downey Jr. used his part of the opening keynote for Amazon's Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas Tuesday evening to announce the launch of a new organization that is committed to using advanced technologies for the good of the environment. The Footprint Coalition, as the group is called, is scheduled to officially launch by April of 2020. "Between robotics and nanotechnology, we could clean up the planet significantly, if not totally, in 10 years," Downey Jr. said, relaying that he had been given these insights a few weeks back by a roundtable of experts. They're like Wikipedia with character defects," he joked during his talk. The announcement came at the end of a 20-plus minute freewheeling talk about artificial intelligence, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Downey Jr.'s own career and the evolution of his Tony Stark character, which featured cameos from Amazon's AI assistant Alexa as well as Matt Damon, who joined via video.

Hollywood legend Robert Downey Jr. is putting down his Iron Man suit and taking up the bigger challenge of cleaning up the Earth. Iron Man's on-screen nemesis Thanos had a radical way of reducing humanity's impact on the Earth, but Downey Jr. hopes to use a more humane solution. Appearing on-stage at Amazon's new re:MARS (Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space) conference in Las Vegas, Downey Jr. launched an initiative called Footprint Coalition. "I don't pretend to understand the complexities we face as a species, just because I portrayed a genius in my professional life. My scholastic achievement peaked at a correctional finishing," Downey Jr. joked, in reference to being incarcerated on drug charges and never making it past high school.

The fear of the unknown is a basic human feeling, shared by most people. The fear mechanism is one of the most developed devices throughout our evolution. It's there to protect us from evildoers, from predators, from everything that strays from the ordinary, the routine, the repetitive. When asked about artificial intelligence's place in our lives, it usually activates the same sensors in people, eliciting the same response. It's the robots we read about in books, that we see in films.

If you're building Iron Man's virtual assistant, who better to help than Iron Man himself? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who's been working on the virtual assistant as part of his New Year's resolution from earlier this year, posted on his social network Thursday that he was looking for someone to voice his latest creation. Robert Downey Jr., who famously plays Iron Man in the Marvel Studios franchise, jumped at the chance to contribute. In a response to the Facebook founder, Downey Jr. said he'd "do it in a heartbeat" if the fees go to Paul Bettany, the voice of Iron Man's virtual assistant Jarvis in the hit movies. Not forgoing a chance to further publicize the Marvel universe, Downey Jr. continued saying that Bettany would then have to donate the funds to a charity "of Cumberbatch's choosing." Benedict Cumberbatch plays Doctor Stephen Strange, the latest Marvel superhero set to hit theaters in his own blockbuster film next month, Doctor Strange.