Netflix has faced criticism for listing a high-paying artificial intelligence (AI) product manager role of $900,000 (£698,900) as actors and writers continue to strike.
Hollywood has been effectively shut down since July 14, when the Screen Actors Guild – Federation of American Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) joined fellow writers’ union, the Writers Guild of America (WGA), in a battle for higher base salaries, more streaming balances, and guarantees that productions won’t be replaced by AI.
The latter point has been the main concern among several high-profile stakeholders, including: Inheritance Star Brian Cox lashed out at a solidarity rally in London last week over “horrible” technology.
The 77-year-old Scottish actor enthused, “Wages matter, but the worst aspect is the whole idea of AI and what it can do for us.”
But Netflix appears to be continuing to invest heavily in technology amid growing fears that AI will steal not just jobs, but also the likenesses of its actors.
The streaming conglomerate’s job board currently includes a position for a product manager for a machine learning platform. The overall salary range for the role is stated to be “typically $300,000 to $900,000.”
The listing states that the person filling the role will “gather feedback from ML/AI practitioners and application engineers across Netflix to understand user needs, derive product requirements, assess their importance and prioritize investment areas.”
Writer, actor, and comedian Rob Delaney (catastrophe)Standing alongside Cox at the rally, he reacted to the job posting, calling it “brutal.”
“So that’s $900,000 a year for each godless AI soldier, and with that income, 35 actors and their families can get SAG-AFTRA health insurance, it’s just outrageous,” said the 46-year-old comedian. intercept.
“Having been poor and rich in this business, I can assure you that I have plenty of money at my disposal. It’s just a matter of priorities.”
Netflix declined to respond IndependentThis is a comment request from Mr.
Other TV and film actors Matilda Child star Mara Wilson, rom-com staple John Cusack, this is us‘s Mandy Moore shared their own “terrifying” salary story to highlight the importance of the historic strike.
Hours before the July 13 strike was ordered, Disney CEO Bob Iger criticized the decision, calling it “very disturbing.”
“This is the worst time in the world to accelerate that turmoil,” he said, adding that “their level of expectations is unrealistic.”
breaking bad‘s Bryan Cranston has given the latest response to Iger’s message.
The 67-year-old actor said Tuesday (July 25) from the front lines of a “Rock the City for a Fair Deal” rally in New York. [at] See things through a different lens. We don’t expect you to understand us. But we want you to hear us, and more than that, to say that our jobs will not be taken from us or given to robots. “
“We will not deprive you of our right to work and earn a decent living. And finally and most importantly, we will not allow you to deprive us of our dignity!
