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SAG-AFTRA challenges Epic Games over Darth Vader AI in Fortnite [VGC]
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I am absolutely on the voice actors' side here, but isn't this a less than ideal argument? It seems to presume a right to be employed. If epic don't want to use voice actors, why would they have to? I'm genuinely asking because isn't this just a form of automation? Again, on the side of real voice actors, anti gen AI, I'm trying to understand.
This is the point of collective bargaining contracts. A union negotiates the rules by which their members and companies interact, sign a contract, and then both are bound by that contract for the term.
The union is claiming the contract they have in place prevents the automation of voice by the bound company unless they get agreement from the union first.
Oh I know how unions work, they're quite important and do mostly very good work where I live. I just always assume any unions that manage to even exist in the US are little more than begrudgingly tolerated by employers. I didn't realise they were referring to actual contractual obligations, I see. Thank you for clarifying.
They also can't physically output the quantity of voucelines either since the tech would demand INFINITE lines.