The union, which represents about 5,000 animators, technicians and writers, reached a tentative settlement on Nov. 23, after three months of bargaining. The deal consists of sure guardrails round AI, however doesn’t enable animators to decide out of utilizing it if their job requires it, nor can they stop their work from getting used to “practice” AI fashions.
After the memorandum of settlement was revealed Tuesday night time, some members expressed discontent with the deal. Shion Takeuchi, creator of the Netflix present “Inside Job,” argued there are “no substantive protections” in opposition to AI.
“On this Moa there may be nothing to cease the studios from gutting the workers,” she stated by way of textual content. “We’re chattel to them.”
The settlement additionally does…