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The debate over AI actresses extends well beyond labor contracts, touching on fundamental issues of intellectual property, copyright, and the very definition of personhood in the eyes of the law.

| Area | Issue | |------|-------| | | SAG-AFRTA 2023 strike secured protections requiring consent & compensation for AI replication of human actors. AI actresses are still allowed for wholly synthetic characters. | | Copyright | USCO currently denies copyright for AI-generated characters without significant human authorship (e.g., Zarya of the Dawn decision). Distributors hesitate to fully own AI actresses. | | Uncanny Valley | Despite advances, prolonged close-ups or emotional extremes (grief, rage) remain detectable as synthetic. | | Typecasting & Depth | Current AI actresses lack genuine life experience; emotional performances are mimicry, not interpretation. | | Piracy | Deepfake technology allows anyone to create pornographic or defamatory content of an AI actress’s likeness, without an actual person to sue for defamation. | ai actress

argue that acting requires lived experience and "humanity" to connect with audiences—traits an AI inherently lacks. "The Uncanny Valley" The debate over AI actresses extends well beyond

Tilly Norwood: how scared should we be of the viral AI 'actor'? | | Copyright | USCO currently denies copyright

The debate over AI actresses extends well beyond labor contracts, touching on fundamental issues of intellectual property, copyright, and the very definition of personhood in the eyes of the law.

| Area | Issue | |------|-------| | | SAG-AFRTA 2023 strike secured protections requiring consent & compensation for AI replication of human actors. AI actresses are still allowed for wholly synthetic characters. | | Copyright | USCO currently denies copyright for AI-generated characters without significant human authorship (e.g., Zarya of the Dawn decision). Distributors hesitate to fully own AI actresses. | | Uncanny Valley | Despite advances, prolonged close-ups or emotional extremes (grief, rage) remain detectable as synthetic. | | Typecasting & Depth | Current AI actresses lack genuine life experience; emotional performances are mimicry, not interpretation. | | Piracy | Deepfake technology allows anyone to create pornographic or defamatory content of an AI actress’s likeness, without an actual person to sue for defamation. |

argue that acting requires lived experience and "humanity" to connect with audiences—traits an AI inherently lacks. "The Uncanny Valley"

Tilly Norwood: how scared should we be of the viral AI 'actor'?