Found this online and thought it was funny: youtu.be/FEjckR9XJVo?...

The platform is stealing your art. It's stealing your writing, your drawings, your voice, and it's feeding all of it to a plagiarism machine while giving you *fake* likes and retweets to keep you addicted to it. L e a v e. Direct your audiences elsewhere and get off Twitter.

Left Twitter behind a whiiiiile back, and ever since, they've continually done an excellent job of convincing me *not* to come back.

So, I know Orson Welles's "Frozen Peas" voice-over session is often thought of as the all-time iconic "famous VO blooper" reel...but I would argue that the all-time best VO blooper reel is for Ernie Anderson's work doing promos for "America's Funniest Home Videos." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdT1...

And just to be clear, sometimes actors do legitimately get tricked into auditioning for roles that they didn't know was a re-cast, and only learn about it after the fact. If that happens? So long as you're not violating any contractual commitments, you can always step down from the role.

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Ninja turtles rule actually 💚

I think AI-based innovations have done some legitimately cool things in the medical space.... .......but that's about it. Otherwise, it doesn't have much to brag about in the way of making things better. nymag.com/intelligence...

Yeah, I ditched my Twitter account a loooooong time ago when it became a cyber-wasteland of Nazis, porn-bots, and Nazi-bots. I lost a lot of the followers I gained from being in "Kuroko's Basketball," but in the end, it just wasn't worth it, and has grown less worth it as time has passed.

The #TwistedWonderland season finale is out now on Hulu and Disney+!

Don't replace the original cast of Unicorn Academy www.change.org/p/don-t-repl...

Capcom has said that they are planning a major push of their "Mega Man" franchise, to put it on par (prestige-wise, not tone-wise, haha) with "Resident Evil." Well, if I may put a public vote in...please make the third entry in the "Legends" series. They were two of my favorite games as a kid!

TWST S1 finale tonight 🥳

Historic win! 2 key performer protection bills are now laws in NY State, securing post-mortem digital replica rights & disclosure of synthetic performers in ads. Thank you Governor Kathy Hochul for signing & safeguarding #SagAftraMembers & NYers. Linda B. Rosenthal Senator Mike Gianaris Tony Simone#SagAftraMembers

Trying to help a blind Disney fan out by signal-boosting this. Disney makes phenomenal Audio Description tracks, and he'd love to see them added to these particular movies. Please consider helping him out by signing. c.org/Gw5JJJmJkH #AudioDescription #Accessibility #ZombieMovies

A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees. I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?

Makes me wonder if there were people at the ad agency who said, "Please don't do this, this is gonna backfire," only for those at the top to insist that they were over-reacting...and then find out the hard way that, no, they were not over-reacting.

For what it's worth, the number of social media followers one has is...not...*completely* irrelevant to casting, but it's a heck of a lot closer to being irrelevant than it was a few years ago. Heck, for many casting directors, it *is* irrelevant. Especially as more and more bot accounts emerge.

I don't fit the specs, but I'm re-posting in the hopes of spreading awareness to actors who may indeed fit the specs--that, and Kristi's a good person. :)

It's important to remember that Executive Orders effectively amount to legally non-binding recommendations. Basically telling the DOJ what to prioritize. All that to say, this isn't a law. Make your voices heard on every level to make sure it stays that way.

The producers pushing AI dubs are *absolutely* gonna try again. The tech will improve. It will be important for fans to make their voices heard when--not if--but *when* that happens. As this video says, it'll be important for us to tell AI, "Stay in your lane."

That's why union actors should show up to W&W meetings. Full transparency, I roll my eyes whenever somebody complains about a contract, only for me to ask if they ever showed up to a meeting, and for them to say, "No, but they should know better." *We* are "they." www.sagaftra.org/contracts-in...

"I feel a freakin' distoibance in the fawce..."

Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.

There are many reasons I hate the idea of AI "dubs," but one of them is that I personally have a (admittedly *very* nerdy) love of comparing the different dubs of movies/TV shows and hearing what different actors and different voices bring to the table. Case-in-point: youtu.be/TU_jc53ldFw?...

If actors want a tool to fight against AI Dubbing on Amazon's platform, we have to do the actual work. SAG-AFTRA can't step in and fight for us. We ARE the union. If actors want a union Amazon Dubbing Agreement, we have to, at bare minimum, stop working for them non-union.

"Every SAG actor that I've spoken to...I keep saying, 'I don't think you realise how much you achieved in comparison to what we are not able to achieve over here in the UK.'" -----British actor Alix Wilton Regan www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...

Crunchyroll's feedback form is here, if anyone is looking for it. And for the record, you can submit feedback even if you don't have an active account: help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/req...

Sketch comedy writers? Here's a premise for you.

All these studios adding AI chatbots in their games, meanwhile we made a better one two years ago with Cryptmaster without using a speck of AI. Just smart writing and good voice acting 😎

Read ACTRA Toronto's statement on Unicorn Academy Shorts from ACTRA Toronto President Kate Ziegler: actratoronto.com/bulletin/202...

Your response matters. I guarantee you there is a whole department of people at Prime Video who is quietly celebrating today. Keep up the good fight, everyone.

The Banana Fish AI dub has been removed! Make no mistake, they *will* try AI dubs again. Several times. This is by *no* means a "final victory" over AI dubs. Not even close. It is, however, a win in the sense that it proves pushback *does* work! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A52-... #BananaFish

"Snow Bear" is now available for free on Youtube (and in 4K). A hand-drawn animated short film directed by legendary Disney animator Aaron Blaise. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXo...

Amazon has had many opportunities to create dubbing projects filled with authentic storytelling, emotional connection, and believability. Instead they have chosen to create AI slop dubs of Banana Fish, Vinland Saga, and No Game No life. Many are calling these dubs "insulting" and "disrespectful".

This dub has always been good (no, *excellent*), but it sticks out to me all the more after watching that clip of "Banana Fish." "Death Note." One of the best English dubs of all time, and one of the crowning achievements of the Vancouver dubbing scene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5uZ... #HumanDubs

In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here. Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."

I'd like to expand upon one particular line from this great thread: "No one was benefiting from this, except for the company's bottom line... and honestly, even that was all speculation." Here's a dirty little not-so-secret about AI: it's not as cheap as it is made out to be. <cont'd>

Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from. tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this. 🧵⬇️

Wrote about this on the blog, but you can hear me throughout @HIDIVEofficial 's amazing and 100% HUMAN dub of Hero Without A Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! Always always thank you to John Swasey and @sentaifilmworks for the fun and fantasy!!!

As someone who loves to watch so-bad-its-good content PLEASE understand you can't give shit like this the time of day The only way to convince these companies to not use AI dubbing is to show it's not profitable, STAY AWAY from hate-watching and instead spend that time watching dubs you love

2:14 This is an AI dub, and as I mentioned in my previous post, it's God-awful (which I don't feel bad about saying since I'm not hurting the feelings of any human actor). It's one thing for the "acting" to be bad, but..."fin-jer"? The AI couldn't even pronounce basic words correctly?

I'm not in the habit of publicly naming performances I didn't like (for several reasons...*I* have performances I'm not proud of, maybe it was the director's fault, maybe production was rushed, etc.). Since I'm hurting any human's feelings, though...this AI dub is just. God. Awful. I mean...WOW.

Gonna take it a step further--show up to *six* LA W&Ws. The reason I say that is because the final week has two meetings entitled, "Prioritization," which is exactly what it sounds like...and you can only attend Prioritization if you've gone to six LA W&Ws!

In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly. In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Any game that goes (gen)AI-free is already starting off on the right foot with me!

I tell 'ya hwaaat...I'm thrilled to have been nominated for a SOVAS Award for Outstanding Audio Description for my work on "King of the Hill"--congratulations to all the nominees! :D #KingOfTheHill #AudioDescription #SOVAS #Hulu #DisneyPlus sovas.org/nominees/?ny...

If you see an audition for Unicorn Academy, no you didn't. Down with union busting

Stand firm with your fellow actors, no matter the country. If you've received auditions for this, no you haven't. If you've already submitted for this, you're unavailable to accept the job. If you've already accepted the job, you don't want it anymore. If you've already worked it, you quit. #NoScabs