[AMPTP] gave us yesterday, in that 'groundbreaking AI proposal', they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get paid for one day's pay, and their company should own that scan, their image, their likeness, and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity in any project they want with no consent and no compensation.
— duncan crabtree-ireland, chief negotiator of SAG-AFTRA (video source)
"Why would they suggest heinous something like that for a creative field?" you ask?
Because they don't give a shit about the creativity.
These are fucking moneyghouls.
They don't want anything creative.
They just want cookie cutter slop they can ladle out as cheaply as possible to maximise their profits.
