Justine Bateman criticizes the AI agreement in SAG-AFTRA, stating that it doesn't do enough to protect actors and will lead to a decrease in job opportunities.
When it was announced that 86% of the union's national board approved the tentative agreement that had the full support of the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee, we couldn't get past that 14% that didn't support it. And then, over the weekend, there were rumblings from members over the weekend regarding when they would have the chance to review the full agreement.
Addressing the concerns that actors should have regarding AI prior to the tentative agreement, Justine Bateman pushed back on the deal, making the argument that the AI agreement doesn't do nearly enough to protect actors. 'Bottomline, we are in for a very unpleasant era for actors and crew. The use of 'digital doubles' alone will reduce the number of available jobs because bigger name actors will have the opportunity to double or triple-book themselves on multiple projects at once,' Bateman wrote at one point, questioning why SAG-AFTRA 'would give approval of those same actors being replaced by an AI Objec
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