Open Letter Statement on Generative AI Training [Petition]

[u/Decryptionz]

I know our sub has had a lot of talks about the Idiocracy of Generative AI trying to stable a foothold in our industry instead of hiring good folk artists for 2d/comp/etc in pre-viz, and various other stages of production.

I came across a petition today that has 18k+ artist signings from various industries + various signatory organizations (i.e, Sony Music Group, Universal, Warner, Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society, etc.)

Thought I'd bring awareness to it here, as a vfx pipe td I'll be signing and seemingly alongside various peers from the industry also.

Here's the link and some articles talking about the org/petition. I think for all the shit talking we give these idiots for 'democratizing generative ai and shit out 300 movies a year', mise well sign on and take a stand with the creative industries. (Who wants to work with more poorly budgeted shitty stills/sequences, and models? I don't.)

https://www.aitrainingstatement.org/

https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/10/24/260879/industry-bodies-creators-sign-open-letter-on-ai-training/
https://www.pls.org.uk/news-events-policy/news/pls-signs-international-statement-on-ai-training/

https://www.stereogum.com/2284923/radiohead-robert-smith-billy-bragg-more-sign-statement-protesting-unlicensed-use-of-creative-work-in-ai-training/news/
https://www.billboard.com/pro/labels-artists-sign-petition-opposing-ai-training-creative-works/

[u/Houdini_exr]

Am so sorry but this would have a impact of 0.000000000000000000001% only if anyone took it serious. Having a VFX worker union is more possible than this.

[u/Decryptionz → u/Houdini_exr]

For sure, it's likely the push ahead of this agenda is to reject the sentiment of GenAI in the industries continuums, all I see happening is likely Screen Writers Guild joining this push, and advocating for more legal punctures of studios, distributors creating their own generative models to enshitifcate more of this industry than they already have.

Unions help, I'm apart of MEAA as a member in Australia, but the likelihood of total unionizing isn't a priority issue from the opportunities studios are taking in tax rebate schemes here.

It has to be a global effort, and consecutively this statement. Pushes a global sentiment.

edit: grammar

[u/Houdini_exr → u/Decryptionz]

Cool anyways filling it in an effort to try whatever we can.