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Hollywood's 'Groundbreaking' AI Proposal for Actors Is a Nightmare (gizmodo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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SAG-AFTRA said that AMPTP's AI plan included scanning background actors and using their likenesses "for the rest of eternity."

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[–] Lauchs 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I agree with the actors but this article isn't great.

Actors, writers, and multimedia artists are all having their jobs threatened because of low-return, high-yield AI and generative products that do not have the ability to replicate human work and should not be utilized in order to do so.

If AI can't replicate human work then there wouldn't be a problem. If the AI were terrible, products made with it would be as well.

The entire fear is that AI can (or will soon be able to) do a decent job at these tasks.

[–] Cabrio 8 points 1 year ago

AI being insufficient is temporary, the question is how temporary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You're right that it'll get better, but I agree it likely won't be the same as a human. The difference is it'll cost nothing in comparison. That's the threat. If they can get the job done 80% as well with a fraction of 1% of the cost, they're probably taking it. They don't want to use AI because it's just as good or better, but because it's a hell of a lot cheaper.