Netflix’s AI product manager job, which pays up to $900K, sparked a backlash from critics and the entertainment industry. The new position would be part of the Machine Learning Platform team at Netflix. It creates an algorithm that recommends new shows to viewers.
The Intercept reported a job listing on Tuesday, for applicants with experience in ML and AI, listed on the Netflix job page. WGA and SAG-AFTRA are worried about the unprotected AI in AMPTP’s contract offer. But studios continue to invest more in AI.
The ongoing strike by members of the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild is a measure to safeguard against the threat posed by artificial intelligence. Netflix is not the only film studio in Hollywood to invest in AI-generated content. The Intercept reports that Disney has hired a senior AI engineer to spearhead innovation. It helped them in their cinematic pipelines and theatrical experiences.
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“$900k/yr per soldier in their godless AI army when that amount of earnings could qualify thirty-five actors and their families for SAG-AFTRA health insurance is just ghoulish,” said actor Rob Delaney.
He told Intercept, “Having been poor and rich in this business, I can assure you there’s enough money to go around; it’s just about priorities. AI isn’t bad, it’s just that the workers (me) need to own and control the means of production. My melodious voice? My broad shoulders and dancer’s undulating buttocks? I decide how those are used. Not a board of VC angel investor scumbags meeting in a Sun Valley conference room between niacin IV cocktails or whatever they do.”
Meanwhile, Netflix unveiled its latest app, “My Netflix”, designed to be a personalized hub with convenient shortcuts to simplify selecting content to watch.
