circuit_catSo let me get this straight.
#SAG_AFTRA goes on strike because its VA and #gamedev members were concerned about #AI use.
Nine days later, SAG-AFTRA cuts a backroom deal with an #AI firm to allow AI access to voice actor material.
......Just how much Everclear is SAG-AFTRA chugging?
And let's even set aside the issue of #LLM threats to creative content, and the now-literal threat of AI coming for creatives' jobs. Let's table the imminent threat to #animation and #gamedev (not to mention the risk of total obliteration of the #indiedev fields), we'll even ignore the sheer and utter contempt SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood have for #voiceacting for a moment...
Does anyone with half an iota of #infosec knowledge expect these AI firms to secure the source data they'll have access to?
All you need is one firm to score a lucrative actor, or brag about the size of their horde (oh yes, they'll call it a library, but let's be honest, it's an #AIHorde), and someone's gonna start throwing everything they have to get into it. And I doubt it'll be that hard to do. Now now on top of the risk of traditional #identitytheft via your ethereal, transactional identity - NOW a #va has to worry about the risk of their perfomative, human identity being stolen.
(Oh and don't even get me STARTED on the opportunities this presents for deep-fake-based social engineering)
AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY'VE DONE THIS.
Just how god-damn STUPID is the SAG?
#SAGAFTRAStrong? Nah, try #SAGAFTRAStupid.
SAG-AFTRA union secures AI protections for artists in deal with major record labels
Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment that includes increases in minimum salaries and protections against the use of AI.