“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no consent and no compensation. So if you think that’s a groundbreaking proposal, I suggest you think again.”
Surely even in LA a lot of the actors are waiters/bit part extras?
As for world poverty I agree it’s more inportant than better payment for workers in wealthy nations, but I think it’s ok to care about both.