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Headline: Actors' Strike parallels 'Black Mirror' plot about AI's impact on Hollywood
Caption: For the first time in 43 years, actors in Hollywood have gone on strike, bringing the U.S. film and television industry to a halt. BBC reports that one of the driving forces behind the strike is the emergence of artificial intelligence. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) warned that "artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to creative professions" as the strike went into affect. SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, accused studios of seeking the ability to make scans of actors and use their likeness:
Keywords: Netflix,Strike,Actors,Parallels,Black Mirror,Plot,AI,Impact,Hollywood,SAG-AFTRA,BBC reports,Professions,Writers,Negotiator,Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
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