TV producers wanted AI rights of extras forever, says union

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TV producers wanted AI rights of extras forever, says union
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I find it hard to believe that an industry that uses the Wilhelm scream repeatedly, everywhere, for over 70 years would suddenly want to reuse AI generated extras…

At this point it feels more like an easter egg than an actual sound effect

Which was always the intent, more or less. It was just kind of a tradition amongst audio engineers to use it once in every film. It had nothing to do with the studios.

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