Yes, but somehow this deal will be okay even though it looks like some pretty big names in the VO/A community were never asked for their opinion or approval.
Comment on SAG-AFTRA Approves AI Voice Actors, Enrages the VA Community
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 5 months ago
… Isn’t sag the one that was just up in arms over AI? Wasn’t that a huge part of the fucking protests?
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 5 months ago
GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
When it says “SAG-AFTRA Approves” - doesn’t that imply that all union members were given a vote?
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I see a lot of union voice actors speaking out on social media that they weren’t even asked about this.
rambaroo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“Approved by affected members” seems to be the critical part of the quote. So no it absolutely wasn’t “all union members”, they evidently cherry picked who voted on this.
GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, keyword affected members… other members weren’t affected. They didn’t need the whole union vote.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This definitely sounds like a case of the old union saying “Brother brother in the hall. In the field fuck 'em all”.
iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The SAG protests were pretty transparently about protecting old money. Actors with hundreds to thousands of hours of footage already out there that can be easily turned into AI models.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You only need like an hour of clear voice samples to train an AI VA. More is better, but even a half hour can be enough to be passable.
LWD@lemm.ee 5 months ago
For film and TV, yes. For video games, no.
If you can convince the lowest Hollywood actor he’s better than the best video game VA, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hah, clever and depressing remix of that classic quote.