>> ANDY SHEEHAN, THANK YOU. >>> ABOUT $100,000ÃLIKE ABOUT 100,000 ACTORS WE GOING ON >>> NEXT WEEK. >> SAG-AFTRA PRESIDENT FRAN DRESCHER SAID THE OFFER WAS INSULTING.? THEY ARE ASKING FOR JOB PROTECTION FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >> WERE JOINED NOW BY ONE OF THOSE ACT, MEDDY HAS BEEN IN HIT SHOWS, MANIFEST, YOU, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH U.S. AND SHARE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. YOU'RE PROTESTING OUT THERE WITH THE WGA WRITERS. TALK TO U.S. ABOUT WHAT THIS IS LIKE FOR YOU. I KNOW YOU DESCRIBED YOURSELF AS A MIDDLE- CLASS ACTOR AND MAYBE EVEN SHARED WITH U.S. SOME OF THE RESIDUAL PAYCHECK THAT HELP EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT? >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING LIGHT TO THIS ISSUE. IT'S EXCITING FOR SOMEONE IN MY POSITION WHO IS WHAT I WOULD CALL A MIDDLE-CLASS ACTOR. MAYBE YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE MY FACE, BUT YOU SEE ME AROUND. THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF U.S. WHO ARE IN THE UNION. IT'S A VERY SMALL PERSON ARE THE FOLKS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AS THE A LETTERS LISTERS. AND WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS THE MOST ARE THE REALITY IS THAT YOU COULD MAKE A LIVING. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT RED CARPET AND CHAMPAGNE, JUST TALK ABOUT A STANDARD AMERICAN LIVING BY WORKING ON TELEVISION AS A MIDDLE-CLASS ACTOR, SOMEONE WHO SHOWS UP AS A GUEST STAR OR RECURRING ROLE, WHICH IS SOMEONE YOU WILL SEE A HANDFUL OF SCENES EVERY EPISODE. AND THAT IS, I'VE BEEN VERY, AND IT THAT'S IT TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT. BUT WE CAN NO MAKER NO LONGER MAKE A LIVING DOING THAT. SOMETHING THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN IN 2017, 2018, 2019 WOULD HAVE AIRED ON NETWORK TELEVISION I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO PAY MY RENT, ONE DAY OWN A HOME, WENDY PLAN FOR FAMILY BUT THE REALITY IS, WITH STREAMING AND THE CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY AND INFLATION, NONE OF THE CURRENT RATES ARE PRESENTING A CONTRACT. >> I'M GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT ACTORS, PEOPLE ARE IMAGINING GOES A LIFTERS AND WONDERING WHY ARE THEY IN THE UNION AND WHAT ARE THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT? IN ADDITION TO TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE INCREASED RESIDUAL PAY THERE ARE ALL THESE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT COME INTO PLAY . AND PUTTING INTO PLACE SOME GUARDRAIL PROTECTIONS FROM THINGS LIKE AI, THINGS THAT ARE STREAMS REEATEDLY STILL PROVIDE PAYMENT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN DISCUSSED A WHILE BUT NOW IS THE TIME. TALK TO U.S. ABOUT WHY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, AND PARTICULARLY THAT MUCH ABOUT AI AND BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THIS? >> ABSOLUTELY, YOU GUYS JUST DID A SEGMENT ON THE AVOCADO MACHINE THAT WILL TAKE THE PITS OUT OF THE AVOCADO AND A HUMAN CAN MATCH IT AFTERWARDS. THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING THAT IS PPENING WITH A.I.. THE REALITY IS THAT A.I. IS AN ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR NAME, OUR LIKENESSES, OUR MOVEMENTS, OUR VOICE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS WITHOUT OUR CONSENT. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A.I. AND WHAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONTENT THAT WAS CREATED PREVIOUSLY FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES BY WRITERS AND ARTISTS, BY PAINTERS, ANYONE WHO WORKS IN THOSE FIELDS, AND WHAT A.I. <font color="#FF0000"><u>S DOING IS TAKING THE </u></font> REGURGITATED AVERAGE OF THAT IN PRESENTING NEW MATERIAL. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT OING TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE ACTORS WITH THAT. BUT THERE IS THAT BRIDGE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GAP HERE BY BEING ABLE TO CUT U.S. OUT AND MAKE MORE MONEY WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY U.S.. AND THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE KIND OF ISSUES THAT LABOR UNIONS LIKE AMAZON LABOR UNIONS ANYONE WHO WORKS IN LET'S SAY A FIELD OF CARPENTRY, OR ANY OF THOSE FIELDS. WHEN YOU HAVE TECHNOLOGY COMING IN, THERE HAVE TO BE CHANGES MADE TO THE CONTRACTS, SO THAT YOU DON'T END UP TAKING THIS ENTIRE MIDDLE CLASS OF WORKERS THEM. ECTIVELY ELIMINATING AND TO TOUCH ON THE A LISTERS IN HOLLYWOOD FOLKS THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE THINKING THAT ARE COMPLAINING, THE FOLKS OUT THERE, THE MERYL STREEP'S, THE JULIE DO WE DREYFUS IS, THEY ARE SPEAKING FOR U.S.. THOSE OF U.S. WHO DON'T HAVE THE VOICE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE MINIMAL AMOUNT THEY HAVE TO MAKE ON A ONE-DAY CONTRACT OR THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE $26,000 THIS YEAR, TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE NEXT YEAR. WHICH MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. IN THE UNION, CAN'T MAKE. THE MYTH THAT IS A GOOD POINT, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE WHAT IS BEING NEGOTIATED HERE IS A BASELINE, MINIMUM AMOUNT TO EARN, TO KEEP EARNING FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING. IT IS GETTING HEATED, RIGHT? THE STUDIO SAY THEY ARE OFFERING , FRAN DRESCHER REPRESENTING SAG SAYS WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING IS DISRESPECTFUL. DO YOU FEEL FEAR RING NEGOTIATED IN GOOD SENSE ARE WE WITNESSING A MASSIVE CULTURAL ECONOMIC SHIFT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES? >> I THINK IT IS BOTH. I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, WH IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS COME WE HAVE A LOT OF EYES ON THE SITUATION AND PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO U.S. AND A.I.. IT WILL SEND REPERCUSSIONS ACROSS OTHER INDUSTRIES. WE ARE THE FIRST ONES AND HAD TO FACE IT IN TERMS OF OUR BEING ON CAMERA AND THE USE OF THAT. ALL THE INDUSTRIES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THAT.? I THINK MANY OF THEM ARE LOOKING AT SAG-AFTRA AND THESE NEGOTIATIONS AS A PRESIDENT. IF THEY ARE ABLE TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND SO YOU CAN USE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL WITHOUT THE CONSENT, OR PAYMENT TO THOSE WHO PEOPLE WHO CREATED IT, YOU DON'T GET TO USE IT AT ALL. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OTHER UNIONS AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ACROSS OTHER INDUSTRIES TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY, THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF U.S.. >> IT'S LIKE TAKING THAT AVOCADO MACHINE, DRESSING IT UP LIKE YOU AND LAYING YOU OFF. >> AND THEN YOU ALSO DID NEED TO BUILD AN AVOCADO MACHINE, YOU JUST NEED TO TYPE IT INTO THE COMPUTER TO DO IT. >> LOOK, THERE IS NO REPLACING MEHDI BARAKCHIAN AND WE APPRECIATE YOU OPENING EVERYONE'S EYES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. THANKS FOR JOINING U.S. HERE
