That's not even AI is it? It's like a 90s Windows movie maker CG model

AI? Looks rather like low tier CGI instead. Most "crowds" are CGI, have been for many years. They're just usually made in a higher quality to hide it better.

How the fuck can they be so greedy?

They make bazillions of dollars per year (if not per month), and they are unwilling to pay just a bit of money for extras.

Fuck film execs, I hope there is another strike.

I've watched that clip probably a dozen times and laughed every time. They have an entire row of fake mannequin people in the middle of the shot surrounded by lots of real actors and extras. Utterly bizarre.

This is why I don't use the word "content" to describe this stuff. That's the word execs use, and it's because they see this kind of thing as fine. It's just mass-produced product to them.

What a bunch of manufactured outrage. Holy shit.

Genuinely, I wonder what the cutoff will be for calling something live-action.

Are we sure that isn't a crash test dummy?

I can hear the executive after they got the crowd shot and somebody noted the stands looked pretty empty: "Just have the AI fill it in"

CGI is AI now? I guess if you really want to go out of your way to find something to complain about-

This would be something.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

While the WGA has since come to an agreement with studios, SAG-AFTRA's strike is still ongoing — and the use of artificial intelligence in the industry has remained a huge point of contention, with actors calling for protections against studios using AI-generated versions of their voices or likenesses — and for good reason.

The clip, which first made its rounds on social media back in April, shows an audience seated on bleachers watching a high school basketball game.

The clip reignited a heated debate surrounding the use of computer-generated imagery in film, and how the tech could eventually replace human actors, a major talking point during SAG-AFTRA's ongoing negotiations.

In a press conference immediately following the union's call for a strike in July, executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland revealed that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers proposed to have background performers scanned, "get paid for one day's pay, and their company should own that scan their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity."

"Disney is insane and just more reason why the AMPTP needs to ditch this plan to replace background actors with AI," freelance writer Christopher Marc, who recently shared the "Prom Pact" clip, tweeted.

This week, SAG-AFTRA proposed a bill to lawmakers called the NO FAKES Act, "creating new and urgently needed protections for voice and likeness in the age of generative artificial intelligence."

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I remember this set in 3D Movie Maker

"Those bullies won't bother me now"

For the folks saying this is nothing new and nbd - Id watch the animated version first lol

I don't have any issue with CGI extras in general (plenty of movies have done it well), but this shit is just bad lol

I can't believe this article is new, this happened months ago at the least. @Marbleturtle@theres.life sent me this meme making fun of it earlier this year:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AImbAD1BbG8

This is not new and has nothing to do with AI. AI is like 5G, but for mass audience.