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Actors' Angle: Current Legal State of the AI Issue

 The fear of AI originates from the idea that artificial intelligence would gain use and popularity to the point of it outweighing the need for real actors, and real people. While other countries like China and the EU have come forward with propositions and laws regarding this issue, the US has been severely behind in its development of protections for actors.  In Oct. 2022, Biden's administration put out the "Blueprint For An AI Bill of Rights". On the White House website, Biden's blueprint points out AI being misused in ways that "threaten the rights of the American public." Taking this quote, it goes on to point out how not only are our rights threatened, but opportunities are limited. Noting the use of the word "opportunities", actors are struggling with the same thing in the field of AI being involved in the creative process. But, regardless of these plans that came out over a year ago, SAG-AFTRA is barely reaching deals for actors just this November. The SAG-AFTRA AI letter is a heap of information conveying a union's distress and concerns with their work, trying their best to work towards laws that protect actors. The issue is still in deep need of advancing, but for now, the only things taking up legal space are WGA and SAG-AFTRA contracts protecting against misuse with AI but also allowing AI assistance to be used in the writing and creation processes. 

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