Oscars for Carbon-Based Lifeforms Only
The Academy bans AI scripts and actors from trophies, but is totally fine with corporate IP puppeteering everyone on stage.
Onstage, a giant golden Oscar statue is stamped: “100% HUMAN* (*Terms & Conditions Apply).” In the shadows behind the curtain, a hulking server rack labeled “STUDIO AI PIPELINE” feeds glowing word-balloons and hologram stand-ins to a row of identical, exhausted human writers and actors. A smug Academy official at a podium announces, “We proudly confirm all performances were DEMONSTRABLY human,” while a studio executive off to the side whispers into his phone, “Relax, legal signed off—only the exploitation is automated.”
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The Oscars just ruled that AI actors and AI-written scripts can't win awards
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