Can the actors sue if they use their images & voices to create a whole show?
On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 5:21 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > > - Artificial intelligence making for new threat to (striking) actors > <#m_-2496195820317946905_group_thread_0> - 5 Updates > > Artificial intelligence making for new threat to (striking) actors > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/2f9066135db03b53?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: May 14 06:25AM -0700 > > No article (there was one recently at Vanity Fair, but it might be > paywalled), but a string of thought-provoking tweets from the one and only > Justine Bateman, a veteran of guilds and a techie... > https://twitter.com/JustineBateman/status/1657476895972413440 (link) > B > Tom Wolper <[email protected]>: May 14 10:38AM -0400 > > Until someone actually produces an AI generated script and it gets acclaim > there’s not much to get excited about. > > On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 9:25 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > PGage <[email protected]>: May 14 08:47AM -0700 > > I don’t know about getting excited, but I think she illustrates well the > ways in which AI could easily impact the industry, in the near future or > almist present, and is making the point these issues need to be locked into > the current contract, or they never will be. > > Actually, her last point applies in many ways. In 3-5 years a talent strike > won’t mean much if studios/streamers can create content using non Union > digitally stored images and AI scripts. > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: May 14 09:29AM -0700 > > In 3-5 years, the programmers who created the AI that write the scripts > will want compensation, and if they don’t get it the AI will go on strike. > > Begs the question: Who gets the Emmy or Oscar nomination for best > screenplay or script of it is generated using AI? > > Begs the bigger question: What’s the point of AI generated media? > > I know there are people who watch TV to enjoy mindless pablum, but that is > not me. I like to be challenged by the media I consume. I like it to be > about more than what’s on the surface. I have no doubt that AI will one day > generate content that is thought provoking, but a computer has no interest > in being thought provoking. A computer has no interest in being heartfelt > or earnest or comical or capricious. I don’t watch media whose sole purpose > is to make money. And that would be the sole purpose of every bit of media > conceived by AI. I’m sure it will happen. And I’m sure it will make money > for somebody. But is that the point? > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > Tom Wolper <[email protected]>: May 14 02:12PM -0400 > > I’m not advocating a head in the sand approach. The entertainment industry > takes advantage of technological innovations all the time and it impacts > what we see on the big and small screen whether it’s digital cameras, CGI > special effects, or AI generated images or scripts. If the WGA sees the > economics of streaming an existential threat then they have to focus their > negotiations on that. If they want to add AI to the negotiations they are > going to have to give up something in streaming rights. > > The kinds of movies and shows Bateman cites have no interest to me. But I > won’t be who they are targeted to and younger generations are brought up on > video games and CGI graphics. So I don’t see it as an imminent crisis but > that could also be my bias. > > Back to top <#m_-2496195820317946905_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABxyyJQ3CZeSnSF5JLD5CWThKeEL5k2B7%2BgjnNSNX7q7E6Edvw%40mail.gmail.com.
