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Video game actors speak out after union announces AI voice deal (www.videogameschronicle.com)

submitted 10 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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According to SAG AFTRA, the deal will “enable Replica to engage SAG-AFTRA members under a fair, ethical agreement to safely create and license a digital replica of their voice. Licensed voices can be used in video game development and other interactive media projects from pre-production to final release.”

The deal reportedly includes minimum terms and the requirement for performers’ consent to use their voice for AI.

However, several prominent video game voice actors were quick to respond on X, specifically to a portion of the statement which claims the deal was approved by “affected members of the union’s voiceover performer community.”

Apex Legends voice actor Erika Ishii wrote: “Approved by… WHO exactly?? Was any one of the ‘affected members’ who signed off on this a working voice actor?”

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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't think this is a case of tech outpacing legislation because I expect that ultimately legislation will be rather favorable to tech. There's too much money to be made using AI for the government to extend copyright protection to training data.

(Plus, I sympathize with voice actors in the sense that I'm sad that a lot of them will lose their jobs, and that's independent of what I think about AI development and copyright law.)

[-] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Horse drawn carriage drivers, industrial seamstress, miners. Being supplanted by technology is a tale as old as time. The only difference is the perceived uniqueness of creative jobs holders that look down on the then blue collar work, now suffer the same sort of fate as them. Eventually the only work to be done is gonna be performed by AI. With the economy being trended towards AI buying other AI products. Ironically, the only work humans be doing at will be back to heavy labour jobs, with the ones at the top being AI.