One of the biggest tech advances is a major issue in the Hollywood strike..
Striking SAG Actors in Disbelief Over Studios’ Dystopian AI Proposal
And their concern was justified, as chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland laid bare the AMPTP’s so-called “groundbreaking AI proposal,” which holds the potential to wipe out an entire pathway to breaking into the industry, as well as a reliable source of income for many. The reported proposal hinged on the ability for background actors to be “scanned, get paid for one day’s pay” and for that company to “own that scan of their image, their likeness, and to be able to use it for the rest of eternity in any project they want with no consent and no compensation.”
“It literally was all of our worst fears confirmed when we heard that,” actress Jamie Miller tells Rolling Stone. “It’s kneecapping people from the start.”
Just imagine if the studios win on this!! Solidarity with the unions!
Picture it.. people like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, extras in their early career, would have been sold off after just one appearance. NO other extras for them. The studio would own their face and likeness. No chances for more movies. No chances to go to another studio. Just the same old face.. same old story. All without advancement at all.
There are tons of issues at stake in this contract and strike. But the AI thing? that seems big.
