Video game actors' union calls for strike against 'League of Legends'

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https://apnews.com/article/sagaftra-formosa-interactive-league-of-legends-49c2552fe96afaa04c59ddddcd9703b5

“League of Legends” is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a strike against “League of Legends” on Tuesday, arguing that Formosa Interactive attempted to get around the ongoing video game strike by hiring non-union actors to work on an unrelated title.

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tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I’m all for it. I’ll be surprised if they get a significant amount of gamers to participate though.

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Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
To be quite honest, their days are numbered. AI voice generation will make these jobs completely obsolete in the next few years.

Don’t believe me? Just listen to AI generated music using the voice of famous singers. Voice acting by humans doesn’t really have a future, sadly.

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- Doom@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Disagree honestly.
  
  AI music isn’t inventing sick rifts or using new instruments together. Humans do. We’ll continue to make the better music
  
  Voice acting is similar. Without Patrick Warburton AI would never generate such a distinct sound.
  
  Now will companies continue to hire them? That’s the argument, but if they don’t their product will be bad and we’re seeing companies struggling because their products are bad and people don’t want them anymore: Starfield, Star Wars Outlaw, Concord, etc.
  
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  - Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    The thing is, we still have recognizable human voices, so there continues to be a market for that talent. But how long will that last? Once AI generated voices become good enough to create new, recognizable voices, it’s game over.
    
    AI music isn’t inventing sick rifts or using new instruments together. Humans do. We’ll continue to make the better music
    
    For now, perhaps. It really is only a matter of time before the “algorithm” in these AI music generation tools know what people like to hear, and creates music that hooks them. It doesn’t have to be a sick riff, just an earworm that keeps people hooked.
    
    There still may be a market for live musical performances, and I’d still want to see humans on stage. But commercial music? It’s too easy for a movie or game producer to enter the prompt: “Errie, slow music with a focus on string instruments.” and be done with it.
    
    Sure, some human input will still be required to program a new sound or to tweak the created content, but that won’t take the same talent or skill as our current artists.
    
    The only way around this that I can see is to have “Human Verified Content” certification on music, movies, video games, websites, etc., and for people who want to support that content. If enough people simply get used to AI generated art/entertainment, then there’s no path forward for these professions.
    
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  - AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Yeah, the AI songs are just overlays on an already existing song. Even when making something new the AI has to be “trained” on existing material. They can’t make something from nothing… yet.
    
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WanderingVentra@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Ooh right as World’s is starting.

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