Actors' Strike Parallels, 'Black Mirror' Plot About , AI's Impact on Hollywood.<br />For the first time in 43 years, actors in Hollywood <br />have gone on strike, bringing the U.S. <br />film and television industry to a halt.<br />BBC reports that one of the driving forces behind <br />the strike is the emergence of artificial intelligence. .<br />The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) warned that <br />"artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to <br />creative professions" as the strike went into affect.<br />SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator,<br />Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, accused studios of seeking <br />the ability to make scans of actors and use their likeness , "for the rest of eternity, in any project they want, <br />with no consent and no compensation.".<br />People have been quick to point out that <br />the situation closely resembles an <br />episode of Charlie Brooker's 'Black Mirror.'.<br />People have been quick to point out that <br />the situation closely resembles an <br />episode of Charlie Brooker's 'Black Mirror.'.<br />The latest season includes an episode titled <br />'Joan is Awful,' in which a Hollywood star grapples with the discovery that their AI likeness can be used without their knowledge.<br />We're seeing this technology used in <br />a range of things like automated <br />audiobooks, synthesized voiceover <br />work, digital avatars for corporate <br />videos, or also the role of deepfakes <br />that are being used in films, Liam Budd, U.K. acting union Equity, via BBC.<br />The rapid emergence of AI over <br />the past year has thrown the concept <br />of ownership of one's likeness into question.<br />BBC reports that whenever someone inputs their likeness <br />into an AI-generated portrait app, the images produced <br />remain in the public domain and free to use by anyone.<br />BBC reports that whenever someone inputs their likeness <br />into an AI-generated portrait app, the images produced <br />remain in the public domain and free to use by anyone.<br />It's strange to me that your face and your <br />voice is less protected than your car, <br />your laptop, your phone, your house or your <br />books - but that's the state of the law today, Dr. Mathilde Pavis, lawyer who specializes <br />in digital cloning technologies, via BBC
