The Oscars just banned AI from winning acting and writing awards

0x3f

Obviously just performative signalling that doesn't really do much. You can't definitively tell if AI was used, so the rule can never realistically be enforced. Then again, the Oscars are surely almost entirely vibes based anyway. So it's hardly some internally consistent system of merit in the first place.

jedimastert

I would be surprised if it weren't already de facto banned, like how motion capture performances are essentially banned from Best Actor/Actress awards

spankibalt

Obvious decision for any institution with at least a modicum of artistic self-respect.

jedberg

Given the latest court ruling in March that AI works can't be copyrighted, this makes a lot of sense. The movie itself can't be copyrighted if it uses AI (although there is still some unresolved issues around how much AI).

Papazsazsa

Good. The intangibles of art are undeniable. - emotional connection - aesthetics - zeitgeist - lived experience - artist journey You're free to fall in love with your sexbot, but it's still just jerking off.

ekjhgkejhgk

Remember when they tried to ban computers from winning best special effects? Tron, famously.

SilverElfin

The Oscars and Hollywood are already quite irrelevant. Looking down on AI and its potential to produce better entertainment is just a sign that they’re scared of its potential.

andsoitis

Someone should tell Valerie Cherish.

627467

> banned ai from winning acting Aren't most cgi acting already unable to be nominated for acting award - even when theres much more deliberate human involvement in the cgi acting? Or maybe they could have been nomination but never was? I see no ambiguity here: if there's no actor that performed anything for the genAI result there's no actor to be nominated. Does this need clarification? > banned ai from winning writing awards I'm going to be looking into how this is enforced/investigated. Again: a human must claim they wrote the script.