stopthatgirl7Jul 13, 2023

Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever

“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, 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...

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 threadelbowdropJul 14, 2023
Do you know why Star wars, Indiana Jones, The breakfast Club ect, are fantastic. The acting. We humans can only be tricked for so long witha a placebo. These films I mentioned, you can tell the hard work that went into them, the love and detail. Also taking someone’s life right sounds like digital slavery.
Show threadCoderKatJul 14, 2023
The quote is about background performers. Nobody notices their acting and they usually aren’t even professional actors.
Show threadkillall-q
People don’t notice or remember things that look natural. Those background actors will absolutely stick out like sore thumbs when they’re not backed by real performances.
Jul 14, 2023 at 7:50pmWeb