Netflix posts a job listing for an AI product manager, offering a salary of $900,000 while writers and actors strike for protections against AI.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Netflix posts a job opening for an AI-related position, offering a potential salary of $900,000 at the same time that actors and writers are striking for better pay and AI regulations. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Writers Guild of America are jointly striking for the first time since the '60s.
As reported by The Intercept, Netflix recently posted an AI job listing with a salary of up to $900,000. The listing is for a Machine Learning/AI Product Manager whose role will be to "increase the leverage" of Netflix's machine-learning platform . Responsibilities include creating objectives and goals for the MLP, as well as helping to educate others on the usage of MLP. Meanwhile, it lists the typical salary for such a role at Netflix as $300,000 to $900,000.
Netflix's Job Listing Adds To SAG-AFTRA & WGA AI Fears While the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are striking for many reasons, AI has been a major topic of discussion since both strikes began. The WGA began its strike back in May in hopes of better job security, compensation, residuals, and protections against AI. In its proposals, it asked for studios to create regulations that avoid AI replacing writers or writers' work being used to train AI.
Meanwhile, SAG-AFTRA is concerned about AI using actors' likenesses without compensation or permission, as technological advances have made it possible for a likeness to be recreated wholly through CGI and deepfake.
The AMPTP's responses have led to fears that studios want to use AI to replace or at least undermine and underpay Hollywood creatives. Meanwhile, Netflix's job posting adds greater weight to the fear. While many equate Hollywood with wealth, the average salaries and entry-level salaries for actors and writers are fairly low, ranging from about $40,000 to $60,000. Studios have claimed that calls for better compensation are simply unrealistic.
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