FOX News host Harris Faulkner offered some interesting thoughts on the potential of so-called “artificial intelligence” during a discussion of the newly declared actors’ strike on Friday’s episode of “Outnumbered.” I had
Faulkner suggested that actors should employ AI. Because, in her view, technology can obviously perform almost magical feats like solving crimes, or at least identifying criminals.
“I challenge [actors/writers] It’s about figuring out how to live symbiotically with artificial intelligence,” Faulkner said. “Maybe we can make the movie-going experience even better. maybe you can. So we can expose it and make it in the news. “
Sexual assault and harassment in Hollywood (including being pressured to trade sex for work, aka the “casting couch”) has historically been a widespread problem in the entertainment industry (and the media). It’s not entirely clear how Faulkner believed “AI” had potential. “Solve” the problem or identify the cheater.
But she’s not the only one who thinks it’s possible, due to some misconceptions about what “artificial intelligence” is. This software is not really intelligent or self-aware. These programs are essentially algorithmic search engines that can collect, organize, and retransmit information in a way that mimics humans. Learn more about.
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Faulkner added that the strike wasn’t just about AI, but acknowledged that the issue was centered around the legal use of someone’s image or likeness.
“I think the bigger issue here is that the AI will use the image whenever it wants to. So the question is, who does that face on the screen belong to? It’s the person behind the face, or the person who captured it for AI,” Faulkner said. “I already foresaw something like this happening because there are people who need lines, people who write lines, but at the moment nobody needs each other and crosses the picket line. because there isn’t.”
Finally, Faulkner suggested that whether AI would affect an actor’s career would be a matter of what the talent puts in the contract.
“They have to step up and move the technology forward,” Faulkner explained. “It’s the image that matters, and who owns your image. It’s a contract negotiation and should be done better.”
SAG-AFTRA went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday, joining the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which has been on strike since May 2, after negotiations with AMPTP broke down over a new contract. This will be his first double. Hollywood strike since 1960.
