So much for the writers strike; also love how Cartman's voice is becoming more like the others given AI has to track Parker's voice changes over the years.
And in any case it would be easy enough to create a hybrid likeness that combines a few people, with the final result looking like none of them, if you have an issue with the image of someone being used.
Acting is not really a viable job career in general, except for those few who get lucky.
> This is why unions exist.
I know, they exist to keep their members in jobs. But the world is changing, and their jobs are changing.
No more actors.
So they should have basic, agreed standards of what appropriate agreements look like, negotiated as a group.
Are you upset they aren't making as much money as they possibly can, rather than what is available?
Chasing the ultimate amount of money isn't a practical strategy.
> So they should have basic, agreed standards of what appropriate agreements look like, negotiated as a group.
That certainly makes it faster - you don't need to negotiate individually, instead "take it or leave it", and hopefully it's a good deal for both.
But it's not like such an agreement is required, if someone wants to negotiate something else, nothing is stopping them.
And you can be sure that some indie company will decide to leapfrog the studios and do exactly that with non union models.
I'm not particularly upset at the moment about anything. I disagree that one should have to choose between eating today and having a chance at a real career though.
> That certainly makes it faster - you don't need to negotiate individually, instead "take it or leave it", and hopefully it's a good deal for both.
That's not what I'm suggesting. The absolute basics that ensure human decency should not need to be negotiated every time though. Use those at the starting point, and people can negotiate individually from there.
> And you can be sure that some indie company will decide to leapfrog the studios and do exactly that with non union models.
Why haven't they done it yet? Every one of my favorite shows and movies that I can think of are using union actors and writers.
But I expect the AI will always require adjustments from humans, not AI on its own. And that's what the studio's want: AI output, with edits from humans, including both writers and actors.
And that's exactly what the union doesn't want, and they are right, this will mean a significant change in their jobs. But time moves on, and technology gets better.
They might be able to delay this (I expect a contract without AI, for now), but as soon as some independent studio starts creating good AI+human output the studios aren't going to do that again.