Now AI can write, sing and act, is it still possible to be a star?
The deal that ended the Hollywood actors’ strike reflects a fear of the technology
Noisy crowds of beautiful people gathered outside Hollywood’s film studios every weekday for the past six months, shouting slogans and marching in the sun. America’s screenwriters and actors were striking, in part over fears that artificial intelligence (AI) will soon be writing scripts or even bagging roles. “You go for a job and they scan you,” said a background actress, who worried that her face will be used over and over in crowd scenes. The technology is “disgusting”, said another, who considered its use “an infringement of yourself, of your career”. The deal actors struck on November 8th to end their strike included protections from their artificial rivals.
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This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “AI did it my way”
Briefing November 11th 2023
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