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Comment by kleiba | Hacker News Reader

Why just actors?

Quoted from the second paragraph:

> the new laws not only bolster those existing protections but extend them to everyone in California — not just to people working in front of a camera in Hollywood

> digital replica of an individual’s voice or likeness in place of the individual’s actual services,

That seems to indicate performers only. Not just anyone. Doesn't it, since it's taking about services.

The bill says

> ...between an individual and any other person for the performance of personal or professional services is unenforceable...

The bill then goes on to define "digital replica".

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm...

Roughly, I'd assume that the Screen Actors Guild was looking out for their member's interests.

Current AI's don't seem much of a threat to firefighters or plumbers.

How about comic book artists or illustrators?

I think there is a significant difference between an AI "cloning" you versus an AI cloning your work. (I'm not saying that the latter is not a problem in need of regulation, just that it is different enough to warrant separate legislation -- which I expect to arrive soon-ish.)

Cloning your work is protected, that's just copyright. Similarly you should already be protected from people claiming a work is by you. This law is similar in that vein in that it protects the use of your image which implicitly assumes your involvement.

Using ideas of style in a work that can neither substitute an existing work nor claims to be the work of another is a different issue entirely.

You're right, I shouldn't have used cloning for the work part, though I rather meant closely replicating an artists style through the use of AI.

Those people should have their unions fight for it like SAG would.

But this law covers everyone in CA

but they are a major threat for politicians/public figures. admittedly the bulk of these will come from China/Russia/Iran, so the law doesn't really matter.

> Why just actors?

So far, they're the only one who signed a big enough check to the politicians.

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