Neuralink founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> said he hopes implanting wireless brain-computer chips in humans will play a role in the existential risk of population reduction posed by artificial intelligence.
Musk’s neurotechnology startup company <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musks-neuralink-opens-recruitment-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-clinical-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday that recruitment is open to implant a wireless brain-computer interface in its first-in-human clinical trial. Officials said in a blog post that it would evaluate the safety and functionality of an implant and surgical robot for people with severe degenerative diseases.
“The first human patient will soon receive a Neuralink device. This ultimately has the potential to restore full body movement,” Musk said in an <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1704541473830572515" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X-post</a> on his social media platform. “In the long term, Neuralink hopes to play a role in AI risk civilizational risk reduction by improving human to AI (and human to human) bandwidth by several orders of magnitude. Imagine if Stephen Hawking had had this.”
&#8220;When a Neuralink is combined with Optimus robot limbs, the Luke Skywalker solution can become real,&#8221; he added in a subsequent post along with the famous scene in &#8220;Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.&#8221;
Neuralink officials said the initial goal of the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) aims to allow people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.
“During the study, the R1 Robot will be used to surgically place the N1 Implant’s ultra-fine and flexible threads in a region of the brain that controls movement intention,” the company announced. “Once in place, the N1 Implant is cosmetically invisible and is intended to record and transmit brain signals wirelessly to an app that decodes movement intention.”
The company received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May to launch its first-in-human clinical study.
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Neuralink received FDA breakthrough designation for its technology three years ago, and Musk repeatedly claimed that human trials would begin immediately. However, the company had its application rejected in early 2022 by the FDA over safety concerns.
Musk has touted over the years that the experimental brain-chip implant could treat disorders such as paralysis and blindness by bridging signals between existing neurons and allowing humans to save and replay memories, saying that “the future is going to be weird.”
However, the billionaire entrepreneur has repeatedly warned that artificial intelligence could pose a civilizational risk to governments and societies. Others have warned that such technology could eliminate more workforces across several industries and spread mass confusion among civilians.
Last week, Musk told reporters after a private AI summit with other tech giants on Capitol Hill that the consequences of artificial intelligence are “severe” and called on a “proactive rather than reactive” response.
“The question is really one of civilizational risk,” Musk said, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/big-tech-ceos-ai-meeting-senators-musk-zuckerberg-rcna104738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC News. “It’s not like … one group of humans versus another. It’s like, hey, this is something that’s potentially risky for all humans everywhere.”
Earlier this year, more than 350 executives, researchers, and engineers in AI echoed similar caution about the technology subjecting humanity to extinction in an <a href="https://www.safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">open letter</a>.
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from A.I. should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks, such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the one-sentence statement said from the nonprofit organization Center for AI Safety.
Industry leaders said they penned the letter to overcome this obstacle, open up discussion, and create shared knowledge among those who take advanced AI’s most severe risks seriously.

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Musk Hopes Neuralink Brain Chip Will Play Role In ‘Civilizational Risk Reduction’

Musk Hopes Neuralink Brain Chip Will Play Role In 'Civilizational Risk Reduction'

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Neuralink — Elon Musk’s neurotechnology startup company — announced on Tuesday that recruitment is open to implant a wireless brain-computer interface in its first in-human clinical trial.
Company officials describe the PRIME Study — short for Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface — as a groundbreaking investigational medical device trial designed to evaluate the safety and assess the functionality of an implant and surgical robot for people with severe degenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), to control external devices with their thoughts.
“During the study, the R1 Robot will be used to surgically place the N1 Implant’s ultra-fine and flexible threads in a region of the brain that controls movement intention,” the company <a href="https://neuralink.com/blog/first-clinical-trial-open-for-recruitment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>. “Once in place, the N1 Implant is cosmetically invisible and is intended to record and transmit brain signals wirelessly to an app that decodes movement intention.”
“The initial goal of our [Brain-Computer Interface] is to grant people the ability to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone,” the company added.
Applicants with quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury or ALS may qualify for the trial, officials said.
Musk has touted that over the years, the experimental brain-chip implant could treat neurological disorders such as paralysis and blindness by bridging signals between existing neurons and allowing humans to save and replay memories, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-neuralink-startup-receives-fda-approval-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-implant-clinical-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that “the future is going to be weird.”
Musk <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/25/elon-musks-neuralink-gets-fda-approval-for-in-human-study.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said at a “show and tell” recruitment event late last year that he would likely implant himself with the neurotechnology.
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“You could have a Neuralink device implanted right now, and you wouldn’t even know,” Musk said at the time. “In fact, in one of these demos, I will.”
The company received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May to launch its first-in-human clinical study.
Neuralink received FDA breakthrough designation for its technology three years ago, and Musk repeatedly claimed that human trials would begin immediately. However, the company had its application rejected in early 2022 by the FDA over safety concerns.
Seven current and former FDA employees <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/neuralink-musk-fda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Reuters earlier this year that the agency’s major safety concerns involved “the device’s lithium battery; the potential for the implant’s tiny wires to migrate to other areas of the brain; and questions over whether and how the device can be removed without damaging brain tissue.”
“We want to be extremely careful and certain that it will work well before putting a device into a human,” Musk said, according to Reuters. “The progress at first, particularly as it applies to humans, will seem perhaps agonizingly slow, but we are doing all of the things to bring it to scale in parallel. So, in theory, progress should be exponential.”
The approval comes as U.S. lawmakers requested that regulators <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-seek-probe-how-elon-musks-brain-chip-venture-oversees-animal-2023-05-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigate</a> how the company has conducted animal testing and if those trials were rushed or resulted in failed experiments.
Neuralink has also faced other federal investigations, including from the USDA’s Inspector General over concerns of violating the Animal Welfare Act and the U.S. Department of Transportation over accusations over the movement of hazardous pathogens.

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Musk’s Neuralink Opens Recruitment For First In-Human Brain Chip Clinical Trial

Musk's Neuralink Opens Recruitment For First In-Human Brain Chip Clinical Trial

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Homeland Security</a> (DHS) announced two new policies addressing artificial intelligence (AI) and its first chief AI officer on Thursday, with a special emphasis on preventing bias.
Eric Hysen, also DHS Chief Information Officer (CIO) and co-chair of the DHS Artificial Intelligence Task Force (AITF), will serve as the department’s first chief AI officer. In a <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/14/dhs-announces-new-policies-and-measures-promoting-responsible-use-artificial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>, Hysen said that he would ensure the AI usage wouldn’t result in discrimination.
“The policies we are announcing today will ensure that the Department’s use of AI is free from discrimination and in full compliance with the law, ensuring that we retain the public&#8217;s trust,” said Hysen.
The two new policies, “<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/23_0913_mgmt_139-06-acquistion-use-ai-technologies-dhs-components.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Acquisition and Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning by DHS Components</a>” and “<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/23_0913_mgmt_026-11-use-face-recognition-face-capture-technologies.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Use of Face Recognition and Face Capture Technologies</a>” emphasized the need for AI usage to avoid “inappropriate consideration of race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, nationality, medical condition, or disability,” as well as any “unintended bias or disparate impact.”
The first policy, issued last month, focused on AI use generally, as well as its counterpart, Machine Learning (ML). DHS declared it would “strive to minimize inappropriate bias” and discriminatory effects in AI use, relying on civil rights evaluation methods like <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/T6Manual7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disparate impact analysis</a>. DHS also pledged to not use AI technology to enable “improper” systemic, indiscriminate, or large-scale monitoring, surveillance, or tracking systems.
Per the Department of Justice (DOJ), disparate impact <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/T6Manual7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">avoids</a> that which “perpetuates the repercussions of past discrimination.”
“In a disparate impact case, the investigation focuses on the consequences of the recipient’s practices, rather than the recipient’s intent,” stated the DOJ.
Under this policy, DHS announced the creation of an AI Policy Working Group (AIPWG) to work with the AITF in further development of AI policy and implementation.
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The second policy, issued on 9/11, focused more specifically on face recognition and face capture technologies. DHS declared that its data collection from the technologies wouldn’t be based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, medical condition, or disability in order to “minimize bias and disparate impact.”
DHS further noted that face analysis technology, which relies on an algorithm to estimate an individual’s characteristics as captured on film, wouldn’t be used except when necessary to estimate age.
The policy designated authorities on the use of the two technologies, including the CIO; Under Secretary for Management; Under Secretary for Science and Technology; Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans; Chief Privacy Officer; Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; General Counsel; and the Chief Information Security Officer.
The AITF <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/artificial-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developed</a> these policies.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/23_0420_sec_signed_ai_task_force_memo_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> the AITF in April for the purpose of developing departmental policy on using AI. The AITF’s express goals were to enhance the integrity of the supply chain and trade, counter the flow of fentanyl in the U.S. through improved criminal detection, apprehend perpetrators and rescue victims of online child sexual exploitation and abuse, and secure critical infrastructure generally.
Hysen’s counterpart as co-chair, Dimitri Kusnezov, is the DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology. Kusnezov formerly <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-kusnezov-097a9b68/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served</a> as the Department of Energy senior advisor and deputy under secretary for AI and technology. The remainder of the AITF consisted of the heads of all offices and agencies.
Prior to rejoining DHS and co-chairing the AITF, Hysen had a lengthy career under former President Barack Obama, as well as two major Big Tech giants.
Hysen <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erichysen/details/experience/">served</a> on the Biden-Harris Transition Team; led a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erichysen/details/experience/1604183468403/single-media-viewer?type=DOCUMENT&amp;profileId=ACoAAACtDq8BqWGxjtJAgOFSWgwPR8NTMi2mWEE&amp;lipi=urn:li:page:d_flagship3_profile_view_base_position_details;NG5OKGLaRjmeCoCejAymsg==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint project</a> with the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/penn-biden-center-for-diplomacy-and-global-engagement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Penn-Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement</a> while with the National Conference on Citizenship; led policy strategy for California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Government Operations Agency; directed the Justice &amp; Opportunity Initiative under the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/chan-zuckerberg-initiative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chan Zuckerberg Initiative</a>; served as executive director of DHS Digital Service in the Obama administration; co-founded and managed the Obama White House Digital Service; and led Google’s Civic Engagement initiative to increase voter turnout.
In addition to the AITF and the AIPWG, the Homeland Security Advisory Council and two of its subcommittees are developing AI policy. The Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) has a group of internal stakeholders — dubbed the Responsible Use Group (RUG) — weighing in on AITF projects. Those stakeholders weren’t publicized.

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DHS Announces Anti-Bias AI Policies, First Chief AI Officer

Alejandro Mayorkas

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Hollywood veteran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-burton">Tim Burton</a> said he’s uncomfortable with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/artificial-intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> (AI) being used to recreate his signature style.
The 65-year-old filmmaker discussed his thoughts during a September <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-johnny-depp-disney-b2406538.html">interview</a> with The Independent. Burton elaborated on the pitfalls of using AI for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">animation</a> in response to a Buzzfeed <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurengarafano/disney-movies-reimagined-to-be-tim-burton-directed">article</a> that reworked Disney characters into the &#8220;Burton look&#8221; using this type of technology.
“They had AI do my versions of Disney characters!” the “Beetlejuice” director said. “I can’t describe the feeling it gives you. It reminded me of when other cultures say, ‘Don’t take my picture because it is taking away your soul.’”
He continued, “What it does is it sucks something from you. It takes something from your soul or psyche; that is very disturbing, especially if it has to do with you. It’s like a robot taking your humanity, your soul.”
AI has become a hot topic in the Hollywood community and is at the center of strike negotiations. Other filmmakers have also sounded the alarm, saying that the use of artificial intelligence should have guidelines and standards. 
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Academy Award-winning director James Cameron said one of the biggest dangers is the “weaponization” of AI. 
“You got to follow the money. Who’s building these things? They’re either building it to dominate marketing shares, so you’re teaching it greed, or you’re building it for defensive purposes, so you’re teaching it paranoia. I think the weaponization of AI is the biggest danger,” Cameron <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-warned-you-guys-in-1984-director-james-cameron-unleashes-on-the-rise-of-ai-in-film">said</a>. 
“I think that we will get into the equivalent of a nuclear arms race with AI, and if we don’t build it, the other guys are for sure going to build it, and so then it’ll escalate,” he added. “You could imagine an AI in a combat theatre, the whole thing just being fought by the computers at a speed humans can no longer intercede, and you have no ability to de-escalate. I warned you guys in 1984! And you didn’t listen.”
Burton for one is sticking with the old school way of making movies. For the highly anticipated sequel “Beetlejuice 2,” he decided to use similar techniques as he did for the original 1988 movie.
&#8220;I tried to strip everything and go back to the basics of working with good people and actors and puppets. It was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies,” Burton told The Independent.

Tim Burton

Tim Burton Slams AI Imitations Of His Style: ‘It Takes Something From Your Soul’

Tim Burton Slams AI Imitations Of His Style: 'It Takes Something From Your Soul'

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Entertainment

Hollywood

Grammy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ai-generated-song-mimicking-drake-and-the-weeknd-submitted-for-grammy-exec-says-its-absolutely-eligible" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CEO Harvey Mason Jr</a>. issued a clarification on Thursday to a statement he made to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/arts/music/ghostwriter-whiplash-travis-scott-21-savage.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> about whether a viral AI-generated song, made to sound like Drake and The Weeknd, was &#8220;absolutely eligible&#8221; for an award.
The Grammy Awards, Recording Academy chief initially was asked by the NYT if the song &#8220;Heart on My Sleeve,&#8221; which was created by an anonymous artist known as Ghostwriter, would be up for consideration in next year&#8217;s competition after the artist&#8217;s team said they had submitted the song in two categories for the 2024 awards, best rap song and song of the year, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/grammys-ai-drake-the-weeknd-song-eligibility-harvey-mason-1235585193/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.
Mason told the NYT, &#8220;As far as the creative side, it&#8217;s absolutely eligible because it was written by a human.&#8221;
A backlash ensued against him and the CEO went on social media to clarify earlier comments.
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Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. tells the New York Times that unauthorized AI Drake &amp; The Weekend collaboration &quot;Heart on My Sleeve&quot; would be eligible for a GRAMMY nomination:
&quot;As far as the creative side, it&#39;s absolutely eligible because it was written by a human.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/lLUcjlKwjN">pic.twitter.com/lLUcjlKwjN</a>
&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1699622167128793224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, but I have to clear up some of this bad and really inaccurate information that&#8217;s starting to float around,&#8221; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw6xctbOH79/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mason said in a video</a>. &#8220;This version of &#8216;Heart on My Sleeve&#8217; using the AI voice modeling, that sounds like Drake and The Weeknd, it&#8217;s not eligible for Grammy consideration.&#8221;
&#8220;Let me be extra, extra clear, even though it was written by a human creator, the vocals were not legally obtained, the vocals were not cleared by the label or the artists and the song is not commercially available and because of that, it&#8217;s not eligible,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;I take this [AI] stuff very seriously,&#8221; Mason continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s all complicated, and it&#8217;s moving, really, really quickly. I&#8217;m sure things are going to continue to have to evolve and change. But please, please, do not be confused. The Academy is here to support and advocate and protect and represent human artists, and human creators period.&#8221;
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In July, Mason Jr. told <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/news/grammy-harvey-mason-clarifies-ai-rule-were-not-giving-award-to-computer-1235661771/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> that the Recording Academy would not &#8220;be giving a nomination or an award to an AI computer or someone who just prompted AI.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s the distinction that we&#8217;re trying to make,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s the human award highlighting excellence, driven by human creativity.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ai-generated-song-mimicking-drake-and-the-weeknd-submitted-for-grammy-exec-says-its-absolutely-eligible" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI-Generated Song Mimicking Drake And The Weeknd Submitted For Grammy, Exec Says It&#8217;s &#8216;Absolutely Eligible&#8217;</a>

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Grammy CEO Clarifies Earlier Statement About AI-Generated Song Being Eligible For Awards

Grammys

Music

An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/artificial-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI</a>-generated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">song</a> made to sound similar to real-life artists Drake and The Weeknd has been submitted for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/grammys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grammy</a> consideration, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/news/ai-generated-drake-the-weeknd-song-submitted-for-grammys-1235714805/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a>.
The song “Heart on My Sleeve” started gaining traction earlier this year after it was created by an artist known as Ghostwriter. Though the vocals are computer generated, the lyrics were written by the person behind that name, which makes the song a contender for the best rap song and song of the year categories.
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. explained in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/arts/music/ghostwriter-whiplash-travis-scott-21-savage.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with The New York Times that the song is “absolutely eligible because it was written by a human.”
“We’re not going to be giving a nomination or an award to an AI computer or someone who just prompted AI. That’s the distinction that we’re trying to make. It’s the human award highlighting excellence, driven by human creativity,” he said in a July interview with Variety.
The Recording Academy made allowances for the use of AI as long as human creativity was still involved, with one example being Paul McCartney enhancing the late John Lennon’s vocals for a Beatles song.
“If three or four Beatles are singing on the record, and one of the voices [has been sonically enhanced by] AI, it’s still a live human performance with a more than di minimis amount by The Beatles,” Mason said. “Therefore it would be eligible.”
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Mason continued, “What we intended to say was that material using AI can be submitted, but the human portion of the of the composition, or the performance, is the only portion that can be awarded or considered for a Grammy Award. So if an AI modeling system or app built a track — ‘wrote’ lyrics and a melody — that would not be eligible for a composition award. But if a human writes a track and AI is used to voice-model, or create a new voice, or use somebody else’s voice, the performance would not be eligible, but the writing of the track and the lyric or top line would be absolutely eligible for an award.”
The music exec also praised the person behind “Heart on My Sleeve” specifically, saying the artist was “creative.”
“From my perspective, this has been an exercise for [Ghostwriter] to try and establish a dialogue and create some awareness around the possibilities and what are going to be some of the potholes,” Mason told the outlet in July. “I hate to put statements in his mouth, but my feeling is that he understood exactly what he was doing — he knew this was going to be controversial.”

AI-Generated Song Mimicking Drake And The Weeknd Submitted For Grammy, Exec Says It’s ‘Absolutely Eligible’

AI-Generated Song Mimicking Drake And The Weeknd Submitted For Grammy, Exec Says It's 'Absolutely Eligible'

Music Industry

No late-night shows, celebrity profiles or awards show gatherings. Major 2023 releases like “Dune 2” could be bumped to 2024, much like the fate of “Kraven the Hunter” and the “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” sequel.
The earth continues to spin, and most people have bigger issues on their minds. Inflation. Gas prices. Their nation turning into a banana republic in real time.
Dueling Hollywood strikes have shut down La La Land, and there’s little panic across the American heartland.
Does anyone outside of the Hollywood area code care?
Stars like <a href="https://people.com/billy-porter-has-to-sell-home-due-to-strike-7574247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billy Porter are downsizing</a> while audiences e-watch “The Office” to savor life in the pre-woke era. The writers put away their pens on May 2, with actors joining their strike on July 14. The Hollywood machinery ground to a halt, with only projects birthed outside the traditional gatekeepers moving forward.
Few predict a swift resolution to either strike, and even if the writers end their walkout first they’ll have no one to read their lines.
It’s hard to escape a palpable yawn to all of the above. 
Wait. Don’t audiences love celebrities, follow their every move and listen with rapt attention when they speak? Once upon a time, of course. And they still do, to an extent, but one side of this cultural bromance has been behaving too badly to keep the relationship afloat.
Part of the issue is pragmatic in nature.
Audiences have endless content to explore on a gaggle of streaming platforms, including free options like Pluto TV and Tubi. Video games have never been so sophisticated and engaging. YouTube shares killer podcasts, feisty comic sketches and original fare made for a fraction of what it might cost Hollywood, Inc. to produce.
Who needs the Food Network when you can watch Sam the Cooking Guy’s videos with slick production values and a fraction of the commercial load? Miss “Saturday Night Live?” Try sketches from Ryan Long, Kyle Dunnigan and J.P. Sears instead. They’re waiting for you at the click of a mouse, and they pack a better satirical bite than anything from the NBC showcase.
Much of the independent content being made is 100% woke-free. Another bonus.
Hollywood’s PR problem expands beyond those content alternatives.
The industry has been insulting large swathes of the public for some time now. The problem intensifies during election cycles, but the attacks never fully stop even after all the votes have been counted.
Both <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eSBl1JWIlI&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodintoto.com%2F&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conan O’Brien</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg0pO9VG1J8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”</a>’ compared President Donald Trump’s fans to Nazis in recent years. 
“Please watch our shows and movies. Oh, and by the way, we hate you and your political choices.” That’s just a microscopic look at a larger, more disturbing trend in Hollywood. 
The recent pandemic the bond between audience and artist even more tenuous.
We saw celebrity hypocrisy on full blast via events like the 2021 Met Gala where the stars roamed the halls sans masks while “the help” had <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9989583/Social-media-rages-hypocrtical-Met-Gala-listers-AOC-NOT-wearing-masks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">their faces covered in cloth</a>. TV shows featured talk show hosts addressing fully masked audiences without a flicker of guilt or shame.
It got worse when some of those talkers <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/colbert-trump-coronavirus-protestors-985703/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked everyday Americans</a> for protesting what we now know were cruel, ineffective lockdowns that damaged their businesses.
Sometimes permanently.
Other stars slammed anyone who didn’t get their government-approved COVID-19 vaccine, ignoring factors like natural immunity and medical autonomy along the way.
<a href="https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/backwoodsaltar/howard-stern-tears-into-anti-vaxxers-fuck-their-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Howard Stern</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/opinion-those-who-say-screw-your-freedom-dont-understand-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> separately cursed America’s freedoms along the way. Only the “Terminator” star <a href="https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-bodybuilding-news-years-after-screw-your-freedom-statement-arnold-schwarzenegger-issues-public-apology-im-sorry-for-saying-those-words/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized for his words</a>. <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/09/08/jimmy-kimmel-says-unvaxxed-americans-dont-deserve-icu-beds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel suggested</a> unvaccinated Americans shouldn’t be treated at local hospitals.
Was he kidding? Hard to tell given the rhetoric flowing from La La Land.
More discerning consumers read all about unvaccinated actors finding themselves unemployed. Broadway and TV actor Clifton Duncan <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNwyaE6b2IA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left the business for that reason</a>, earning a new fan base by calling out the creative community’s draconian measures.
We still have plenty of rock-solid reasons to care about the dueling strikes. Most actors can barely make a living these days, working from gig to gig just to keep their finances afloat. For every Clooney, Streep, or Jordan there are hundreds of actors whose names we’ll never know hoping for their big break. Some may never get it.
This is doubly true for many Hollywood scribes who toil in near complete anonymity.
The current system should reflect the massive technological shifts happening behind Hollywood’s golden walls. Streamers also should be more transparent about how many people watch their shows … and share that information with the stars and scribes who make it all possible.
You can hate Hollywood’s political leanings and understand the system feels rigged or their collective fear over AI’s potential.
Plus, the studios are likely playing hardball while their executives enjoy lavish salaries and lifestyles.
Eventually, we will run low in fresh content and will crave something new beyond Michael Scott’s “Office” shenanigans.
Hollywood strikers have yet another PR problem on their hands. The culture feels a growing divide between the “elites” – the experts who share misinformation while blocking opposing views – and regular Americans who see celebrities as part of that exasperating group.
Hollywood&#8217;s combination of nasty politics and pandemic-era hate makes it darn near impossible to root for either side. 

Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Studios appear to be dealing with the uncertainty of the future of TV/movies by advertising jobs for Artificial Intelligence specialists as actors and writers remain on the picket line amid the joint <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actors-go-on-strike-heres-what-that-means-for-your-shows-and-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strike</a> that&#8217;s shut down Hollywood.
One of the sticking points that lead The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) to join the Writers Guild of America&#8217;s (WGA) strike in July was the studios response to <a href="https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/post/sag-aftra-on-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">artists concerns</a> to institute &#8220;protections against the existential threat AI poses to their careers,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ai-jobs-studios-hire-1235545491/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported. While writers worry that studios&#8217; use of things like ChatGPT — to write or rewrite scripts — will take away jobs from producers, writers and more.
Amid this fear, places like Disney and Netflix have announced they are hiring for AI jobs. Disney has a half-dozen positions, some with its &#8220;Imagineering&#8221; team that&#8217;s focused on AI, according to a review of open positions by THR.
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A Disney job listing wanted applicants who could &quot;push the limits of what AI tools can create and understand the difference between the voice of data and the voice of a designer, writer or artist&quot; <a href="https://t.co/g1t25GJ3GQ">https://t.co/g1t25GJ3GQ</a>
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One job is described as an Imagineer who has the &#8220;ambition to push the limits of what AI tools can create and understand the difference between the voice of data and the voice of a designer, writer or artist,&#8221; with a base salary of up to $180,000 per year, with the possibility of bonuses or other compensation as well, the outlet wrote.
Another open position with Disney is for its Streaming Advanced Research division which is &#8220;responsible for creating AI-enabled solutions for Disney+, Star+, and ESPN+.&#8221; The description also read that the person will use AI to &#8220;work on advanced personalization efforts involving digital avatars.&#8221;
<a href="https://theintercept.com/2023/07/25/strike-hollywood-ai-disney-netflix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netflix</a> is reportedly willing to shell out $900,000-per-year for an AI product manager, while Sony hopes to hire an AI &#8220;Ethics&#8221; engineer for $160,000.
&#8220;We believe in researching and developing AI techniques that empower the imagination and creativity of artists, makers and creators around the world,&#8221; the Sony listing read. &#8220;Our aim is to advance AI so that it augments — and works in harmony with — humans to benefit society.&#8221;
Earlier this week, &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; star Bryan Cranston went viral after he gave a fiery speech during the strike declaring actor&#8217;s jobs will not be taken away and &#8220;given to robots.&#8221;
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Bryan Cranston delivers a rousing speech addressed to Bob Iger at a SAG-AFTRA strike rally in Times Square: &quot;We will not allow you to take our dignity. We are union through and through all the way to the end.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/M0Cs5ahWZo">https://t.co/M0Cs5ahWZo</a> <a href="https://t.co/IILje2O5Fi">pic.twitter.com/IILje2O5Fi</a>
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“We&#8217;ve got a message for Mr. Iger [Disney CEO Bob Iger]: I know, sir, that you look at things through a different lens,&#8221; Cranston said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t expect you to understand who we are. But we ask you to hear us, and beyond that to listen to us when we tell you we will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actors-go-on-strike-heres-what-that-means-for-your-shows-and-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Actors Go On Strike. Here’s What That Means For Your Shows And Movies</a>

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Actor Bryan Cranston <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/07/25/bryan-cranston-sag-aftra-rock-the-city-rally-speech/70464165007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">excoriated</a> Hollywood executives and singled out Disney CEO Bob Iger on Tuesday for the use of artificial intelligence in the film and television industries as actors in Hollywood have gone on strike.
Cranston appeared at the SAG-AFTRA &#8220;Rock the City For a Fair Contract&#8221; rally in Times Square, New York. Earlier this month, Iger <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2023/07/13/sag-aftra-actors-strike-2023-live-updates/70410271007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on CNBC that the demands from actors and writers were not realistic, saying, “I understand any labor organizations&#8217; desire to work on the behalf of its members to get the most compensation and to be compensated fairly based on the value that they deliver. There&#8217;s a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic. And they are adding to a set of challenges that this business is already facing that is quite frankly very disruptive and dangerous.&#8221;
“I find it very ironic that we are all gathered here today in unity in front of an entity that is run by Disney,” Cranston preached. “We’ve got a message for Mr. Iger: I know, sir, that you look through things in a different lens. We don’t expect you to understand who we are. But we ask you to hear us and beyond that to listen to us when we tell you: We will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots.”
“We will not have you take away our right to work and earn a decent living,” he continued, declaring, “And lastly and more importantly, we will not allow you to take away our dignity.”
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Claiming that “our industry has changed exponentially,” Cranston added, “We are not in the same business model that we were even 10 years ago. And yet, even though they admit that that is the truth in today&#8217;s economy, they are fighting us tooth and nail to stick to the same economic system that is outmoded, outdated. They want us to step back in time. We cannot and we will not do that.”
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SAG-AFTRA’s contract expired with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) in mid-July. The actors’ strike immediately followed; SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher claimed, “We are the victims here. We are being victimized by a very greedy entity. You are systematically trying to figure out ways to carve us out of what is due us. Shame on you!”
Prior to the actors&#8217; strike, writers in Hollywood began a strike on May 2.

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An Air Force general said artificial intelligence utilized by the U.S. military in modern warfare holds higher ethical standards than foreign adversaries because of the nation&#8217;s foundational &#8220;Judeo-Christian society.&#8221;
&#8220;Regardless of what your beliefs are, our society is a Judeo-Christian society, and we have a moral compass,&#8221; Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr. said. &#8220;Not everybody does, and there are those that are willing to go for the ends — regardless of what means have to be employed, and we&#8217;ll have to be ready for that.&#8221;
Moore, a three-star general serving as the USAF&#8217;s deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, made those comments on Thursday during a discussion at the <a href="https://www.hudson.org/events/sharpening-air-forces-cyber-spectrum-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hudson Institute</a> that centered around improving cyberspace and spectrum superiority in the military branch.
Moore said the military&#8217;s approach holds more ethical standards than its adversaries when asked about the Pentagon&#8217;s position on autonomous warfare, raising concerns about using AI in future international conflicts.
&#8220;What will the adversary do?&#8221; Moore said. &#8220;It depends who plays by the rules of warfare and who doesn&#8217;t. There are societies that have a very different foundation than ours.&#8221;
The U.S. military has dominated modern combat in the cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum for years, allowing forces to &#8220;blind its enemies and gain a potentially decisive advantage,&#8221; the Hudson Institute writes in the event&#8217;s description. But technological threats are rising in the East from nations including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea that &#8220;employ state-sponsored cyberattacks as a tool for gray-zone aggression.&#8221;
Technology experts warned lawmakers last week to act quickly in the race for AI dominance. China reportedly is leading the world in funding innovative defense measures as the U.S. focuses on consumer services such as ChatGPT.
&#8220;We need to consider what the overall investment into military implementations looks like. And that&#8217;s where there&#8217;s a large disparity,&#8221; Scale AI founder Alexander Wang told a <a href="https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings/citi-hearing-man-and-machine-artificial-intelligence-battlefield" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Armed Services subcommittee</a>. &#8220;If you compare as a percentage of their overall military investment, the PLA is spending somewhere between one to two percent of their overall budget into artificial intelligence whereas the DoD is spending somewhere between 0.1 and 0.2 of our budget on AI.&#8221;
Defense Department officials began working on responsible guidelines for the military to use AI and autonomy on future battlefields during the Trump administration, according to its <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2091996/dod-adopts-ethical-principles-for-artificial-intelligence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. After months of consultation with leading AI experts in commercial industry, government, academia, and the American public, the DOD AI strategy objective directed the U.S. military to lead in AI ethics and the lawful use of AI systems.
President Joe Biden&#8217;s State Department issued a <a href="https://www.state.gov/political-declaration-on-responsible-military-use-of-artificial-intelligence-and-autonomy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declaration</a> on &#8220;responsible military use of artificial intelligence and autonomy&#8221; in February, stating that the use of AI in armed conflict must comply with applicable international humanitarian law, including its fundamental principles.
The declaration states military use of AI capabilities should remain within a responsible human chain of command and control during operations to consider risks and benefits and minimize unintended bias and accidents.
According to the Pentagon&#8217;s latest budget request reported by <a href="https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/07/pentagon-ai-more-ethical-adversaries-because-judeo-christian-society-usaf-general-says/388711/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defense One</a>, officials have added &#8220;several forms&#8221; of ethical AI exploration.
&#8220;The first one is what do we think we&#8217;re allowed to let AI do, the second one is how do we know how the algorithm made decisions and do we trust it, and the third one is at what point are we ready to let the algorithm start doing some things on its own that maybe we are or aren&#8217;t comfortable with.&#8221;
Alex John London, a professor of ethics and computational technologies at Carnegie Mellon University, told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/22/air-force-general-ai-judeochristian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a> that Moore&#8217;s ethical concerns surrounding AI use in war &#8220;are broader than any single tradition.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of work in the ethics space that&#8217;s not tied to any religious perspective, that focuses on the importance of valuing human welfare, human autonomy, having social systems that are just and fair,&#8221; he said.
Moore addressed his remarks in an email to The Post that the foundation of his comments &#8220;was to explain that the Air Force is not going to allow AI to take actions, nor are we going to take actions on information provided by AI unless we can ensure that the information is in accordance with our values.&#8221;
&#8220;While this may not be unique to our society, it is not anticipated to be the position of any potential adversary,&#8221; Moore wrote.

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‘Judeo-Christian Society’ Foundations Create More Ethical AI Than Adversaries, U.S. Air Force General Says

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Director James Cameron said in a <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-cameron-ai-nuclear-war-cant-write-good-scripts-1235673940/?cx_testId=48&amp;cx_testVariant=cx_1&amp;cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent interview</a> that certain aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concern him far more than others — and pointed out the fact that he had warned everyone about the threat in his 1984 film &#8220;The Terminator.&#8221;
While both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) cite concerns about the rise of AI in their reasons for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/egregious-and-disgusting-screen-actors-guild-pres-unloads-on-latest-offer-from-producers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">current strike</a> — the first such joint effort since the 1960s — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-in-talks-james-cameron-shreds-offensive-rumors-that-hed-direct-titan-disaster-movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> said that he wasn&#8217;t sure that writers had as much to worry about as some might think.
&#8220;I just don’t personally believe that a disembodied mind that’s just regurgitating what other embodied minds have said — about the life that they’ve had, about love, about lying, about fear, about mortality — and just put it all together into a word salad and then regurgitate it,&#8221; Cameron said, arguing that a bot could not truly tap into the human emotion necessary to write a compelling story.
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&#8220;I don’t believe that’s ever going to have something that’s going to move an audience. You have to be human to write that. I don’t know anyone that’s even thinking about having AI write a screenplay,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Let’s wait 20 years, and if an AI wins an Oscar for best screenplay, I think we’ve got to take them seriously.&#8221;
For Cameron, the greatest concern was the possibility that the race to build better AI would seep into other aspects of society — and he worried that the technology would someday be weaponized — if that wasn&#8217;t already in the process of happening.
&#8220;You got to follow the money. Who’s building these things? They’re either building it to dominate marketing shares, so you’re teaching it greed, or you’re building it for defensive purposes, so you’re teaching it paranoia. I think the weaponization of AI is the biggest danger,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I think that we will get into the equivalent of a nuclear arms race with AI, and if we don’t build it, the other guys are for sure going to build it, and so then it’ll escalate,&#8221; the &#8220;True Lies&#8221; director added. &#8220;You could imagine an AI in a combat theatre, the whole thing just being fought by the computers at a speed humans can no longer intercede, and you have no ability to de-escalate. I warned you guys in 1984! And you didn’t listen.&#8221;
&#8220;Terminator&#8221; star Arnold Schwarzenegger had previously suggested Cameron was ahead of his time when weighing the risks of AI in the futuristic film franchise.
&#8220;Today, everyone is frightened of it, of where this is gonna go. And in this movie, in &#8216;Terminator,&#8217; we talk about the machines becoming self-aware and they take over,&#8221; Schwarzenegger <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-ai-the-terminator-reality-1235659407/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Now over the course of decades, it has become a reality. So it’s not any more fantasy or kind of futuristic. It is here today. And so this is the extraordinary writing of Jim Cameron.&#8221;

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Major <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood</a> film and television studios accused union actors striking against the industry of continuing to &#8220;mischaracterize the negotiations&#8221; while claiming more than $1 billion in higher compensation and enhanced benefits were offered to the performers.
SAG-AFTRA voted to join an ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike after union negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a new three-year contract last week with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
&#8220;The deal that SAG-AFTRA walked away from on July 12 is worth more than $1 billion in wage increases, pension and health contributions and residual increases and includes first-of-their-kind protections over its three-year term, including expressly with respect to AI,&#8221; the AMPTP, which represents several studios including Netflix, Walt Disney Co., and Warner Bros Discovery, told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hollywood-studios-say-they-offered-actors-1-bln-gains-before-strike-2023-07-18/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> in a statement.
&#8220;For SAG-AFTRA to assert that we have not been responsive to the needs of its membership is disingenuous at best,&#8221; the group added.
The contract reportedly aimed to negotiate higher benefits and limits on using artificial intelligence to recreate actors&#8217; likenesses without their permission or paying them — a major point of contention for many of the 160,000 SAG-AFTRA members.
SAG-AFTRA officials proposed the members, who they say are &#8220;fighting for the survival of our profession,&#8221; receive an 11% general wage increase in the first year of the contract to make up for inflation, but were countered with a 5% offer from the union.
&#8220;We moved on some things, but from day one they wouldn&#8217;t meaningfully engage on the most critical issues,&#8221; SAG-AFTRA said.
During a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/egregious-and-disgusting-screen-actors-guild-pres-unloads-on-latest-offer-from-producers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> last week, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher held nothing back in her response to the latest offer from the group representing the studios, calling it &#8220;egregious and disgusting.&#8221;
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&#8220;A moment when streaming and AI and digital is so prevalent in the industry, it has disemboweled the industry that we once knew,&#8221; Drescher said. &#8220;When I did &#8216;The Nanny&#8217; and everybody was part of the gravy train. Now it&#8217;s a walled-in vacuum. And not only is it unfair to everybody up and down the ladder, but the entity that employs us, it&#8217;s really un-American and it&#8217;s unconscionable.&#8221;
Actor George Clooney <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/18/hollywood-stars-actors-strike-sag-aftra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> called the historic strike &#8220;an inflection point&#8221; for the Hollywood industry.
&#8220;Actors and writers in large numbers have lost their ability to make a living,&#8221; Clooney said. &#8220;For our industry to survive that has to change. For actors that journey starts now.&#8221;
Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon also weighed in on the union strike.
&#8220;Nobody wants a work stoppage but if our leadership is saying that the deal isn&#8217;t fair then we gotta hold strong,&#8221; Damon said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the difference between having healthcare and not for a lot of actors, and we gotta do what&#8217;s right by them.&#8221;
The historic double strike marks the first time actors and writers have protested together since the 1960s.
Virginia Kruta contributed to this report.

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