The conflict between artificial intelligence (AI) and humans is becoming a reality. After Hollywood writers went on strike last week demanding restrictions on the use of AI in script writing, voices in the Japanese entertainment industry also demanded legal action to prevent AI from replacing jobs.
According to Japan’s Mainichi Newspaper on the 10th, the Japanese Entertainment Workers Association, which consists of actors and musicians, held a press conference in Tokyo on the 8th calling for legal action to protect artists’ rights and livelihoods from AI. This is due to concerns that AI could take away jobs in the entertainment and arts industries in general.
An actor who attended the press conference that day said, “I heard that (AI) can scan our appearance and movements within a few days after filming and synthesize them into any age and gender.” There will be no demand for it,” he said. Film director Koji Fukada said of the development of AI, “In the film industry, actors, staff and directors are mostly freelancers, so instability will accelerate.”
On this day, the association submitted a statement to the government demanding legal action to clearly define and protect the rights to the appearance, voice, and movement of performers. The statement also emphasized the need for a law that discloses what data AI created based on when creating content, and allows original authors to be compensated.
The general strike of the American Writers Council, which began on the 2nd, entered a long-term battle. The council, which includes 11,500 Hollywood writers, launched a general strike due to a breakdown in wage negotiations with the Federation of Film Producers (AMPTP), which includes Netflix, Amazon, Apple, and Disney. However, the main issue of the strike is “regulation of the use of data produced using AI or similar technologies”. It is a conflict that has arisen as conversational AI has greatly improved its ability to automatically generate text.
On the 10th, the New York Times pointed out in an article titled ‘The war between robots and TV has already begun’, “Conversational AI that generates text by learning vast amounts of existing data will eventually lead to a stagnant culture.” Creating a new story with an idea that didn’t exist before is still a skill that only humans possess.
Source: Donga
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