Netflix lists a $900,000 AI job as actors and writers continue to strike

That works out to $3,500 a day, while many actors earn $200.

Will This Couple End Hollywood Strikes? Big companies seem to be fighting a long battle, as evidenced by Latest job posting at Netflix For Machine Learning Platform Product Manager. The position pays an annual salary of between $300,000 and $900,000 at a time when many actors earn around $200 a day, In accordance with this SAG-AFTRA contract. The role that artificial intelligence will play in creating entertainment in the future is a key element of the debate for both striking parties.

The job listing notes that AI will be used to “create great content” and not just develop new algorithms for recommending shows and movies. The post also hints at a far-reaching effort by the streaming giant to integrate AI into “all areas of the business.” separate section on the company’s website He goes on to say that Netflix is ​​using artificial intelligence to “improve the production of original movies and TV shows.”

This isn’t the only AI-powered company’s job promising huge workdays. Netflix is ​​also hiring a technical director for generative artificial intelligence at the thriving game studio who pays an annual salary of up to $650,000. As mentioned before The objection. These efforts are already paying off, as Netflix is ​​currently airing a Spanish dating series called Reality deep fake love He scans contestants’ faces to create an AI-generated “deep fake” and his game studio uses the AI ​​to compose narration and dialogue.

It all comes after the high-profile cast rejected a proposal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) that generously offered workers a one-time $200 rate for performers to be scanned for future use as an AI-enhanced CGI simulation in perpetuity, until the end of time. SAG-AFTRA says the company “will own that scan, its image, and its likeness, and be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project it wants without consent and without compensation.”