Actors decry ‘existential crisis’ over AI-generated ‘synthetic’ actors
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Filmmakers have put monsters on screen for more than a century. In 2023, the real bogeyman looks just like us.Since June, Hollywood studios and performers have debated the use of artificial intelligence in film and television. Failure to agree on terms around AI was one reason why the SAG-AFTRA union representing actors and media professionals last Friday joined the writers guild in the first simultaneous strike in 63 years. Among the actors' greatest fears? Synthetic performers.While the two sides have negotiated over issues ranging from using images and performances as training data for AI systems to digitally altering performances in the editing room, actors are worried entirely AI-generated actors, or “metahumans,” will steal their roles. "If it wasn't a big deal to plan on u...
