Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)Jul 13, 2023

Holy shit.

"…they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no consent and no compensation."

WTAF 😳 https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794224/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-image-rights

Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights ‘for the rest of eternity’

As part of a press conference announcing the SAG-AFTRA strike, it was revealed that the AMPTP was looking for aggressive rights to AI images of actors.

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Show threadJoanne Jacobs
@jaredwhite one of the many reasons why I feel everyone should watch that particular episode of Black Mirror.
Jul 13, 2023 at 9:12pmWeb
Show threadJared White (ResistanceNet ✊)Jul 13, 2023
@joannejacobs I should watch it, but I stopped watching the show some time ago—not because I didn't like it, but because once it clicked in my brain that it was prophetic, not merely fantastical, it scared the living daylights outta me 😬
Show threadJoanne JacobsJul 13, 2023
@jaredwhite it's uncomfortable and it's meant to be.
Show threadJared White (ResistanceNet ✊)Jul 13, 2023

@joannejacobs Whoa…that episode *is* absolutely phenomenal. And bonkers in light of what's literally happening right now.

Wait…am I real? 😂

Show threadJoanne JacobsJul 13, 2023
@jaredwhite Charlie Brooker is a genius.
Show threadSkellySoftJul 14, 2023
@jaredwhite @joannejacobs That's the exact reason I couldn't keep watching.My antidepressants aren't powerful enough for that shit :/
Show threadJoanne JacobsJul 14, 2023

@SkellySoft @jaredwhite this is one episode that you probably should watch. It's terrifying, but it's also funny and even a little sweet.

Don't watch the second episode of the season though. It's amazing, but it's a Greek Tragedy and fundamentally depressing.

Show threadSkellySoftJul 14, 2023
@joannejacobs @jaredwhite Oh uhh, are you talking about San Junipero? That one I have seen, my housemate showed me. I still found it kinda melancholy, but it was sweet. I've seen that one and all of the first series :p
Show threadJoanne JacobsJul 14, 2023
@SkellySoft no I'm referring to the first episode of the third season. @jaredwhite
Show threadeyrea 🇨🇦Jul 14, 2023
@joannejacobs @jaredwhite Or else The Congress. It's all about an actor who decides to sell her 3d image to a studio and retire. (The actor plays "herself", which gives it some lovely extra twists).