Union prez Fran Drescher thinks Hollywood’s digital desires have no style or flair
  • degrix@lemmy.hqueue.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I find it hard to believe that an industry that uses the Wilhelm scream repeatedly, everywhere, for over 70 years would suddenly want to reuse AI generated extras…

  • SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sadly, I think they will get them, one way or another.

    All it will take is a handful of people desperate for money agreeing to be 3d scanned, and maybe a few months of interns saying yes/no to particular faces, and bam, hundreds of extras ready to be used and abused for decades to cover.

    • hoodatninja@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Which is why these union negotiations are so important. Sure, that will probably happen. But if SAG-AFTRA says they can’t be used on union shows, well, they won’t be lol

      When I first started in film any time I had a SAG actor there were requirements I had to adhere to for their pay and hours, no exceptions. And I live in a right to work state!

      • bioemerl@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        But if SAG-AFTRA says they can’t be used on union shows, well, they won’t be lol

        Union shows immidiately get outcompeted by AI generation and all studios doing business with them go out of business.

        AI is the future here guys. Union won’t stop it. They’ll just drag Hollywood down with them.

        • hoodatninja@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          There’s a difference between “no AI allowed” (not what the unions are calling for) and “contracts need stipulations about AI usage” (reasonable).

          If you are not familiar with what is actually being negotiated over, then please don’t weigh in. WGA/SAG-AFTRA are not calling for an AI ban. Every time these debates come up armchair AI “advocates” swarm like cryptobros to call everyone backwards/ignorant/resistant to change regardless of the context.

          • bioemerl@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            There’s a difference between “no AI allowed” (not what the unions are calling for) and “contracts need stipulations about AI usage”

            If those contacts include paying actors as much as they would have needed to act and restricting it’s usage when writing scripts the difference is moot. If your erase all benefit to using AI it becomes worthless.