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.

The Verge
Show threadJoanne JacobsJul 13, 2023
@jaredwhite one of the many reasons why I feel everyone should watch that particular episode of Black Mirror.
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 Jacobs
@jaredwhite it's uncomfortable and it's meant to be.
Jul 13, 2023 at 9:27pmWeb
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.