They’re going to use ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to determine residuals.
What.The. Fuck.
Using a computer to calculate revenue and payroll is standard, and doesn’t harm the actors.
The actual AI the union was trying to stop was having their likeness owned by the studios to train deepfake models to digitally insert actors into movies. That would create many problems for actors, but it’s not what they are talking about here.
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Actors’ Union Says It Receives ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer From Studios (www.nytimes.com)
What the fuck are the studios gonna do, make movies and shows without actors?...