The recent emergence of Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated "actress," has ignited a firestorm of controversy in Hollywood. Social Media was ablaze with everything from hot takes to letters of defense written by AI itself. Well, now the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has come in and condemned the AI "actress." The union, which represents approximately 160,000 entertainment and media professionals, has voiced its staunch opposition to the use of synthetic performers, viewing them as a direct threat to the livelihoods of human actors.In a powerful statement, SAG-AFTRA declared, "creativity is, and should remain, human-centered. The union is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics." The guild was quick to clarify that it does not consider Tilly Norwood an actor at all, but "a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers — without permission or compensation."Here's a more comprehensive look at what they had to say: “To be clear, ‘Tilly Norwood’ is not an actor, it’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers — without permission or compensation,” SAG-AFTRA wrote. “It has no life experience to draw from, no emotion, and, from what we’ve seen, audiences aren’t interested in watching computer-generated content untethered from the human experience. It doesn’t solve any ‘problem’ — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry.”The union's...
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