SAG-AFTRA Board Members Explain ‘No’ Votes: ‘There Should Be No AI’
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Two members of the SAG-AFTRA board said they voted against the new contract because it does not do enough to protect actors against artificial intelligence.
The negotiating committee unanimously approved the deal last Wednesday, ending the 118-day strike. The national board approved the deal on Friday, with 86% of the weighted vote in favor, and sent it to members for ratification.
Shaan Sharma and Anne-Marie Johnson were among at least eight dissenters on the 80-member board. Both said that AI was key to their opposition, though they also had other reservations. “There should be no AI.
Only human beings should be used in what we create for public consumption,” Johnson said. “Without staving off AI, everything we achieved is for naught.
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