{"id":2016727,"date":"2023-08-30T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bad-cast-reunites-on-picket-line-slams-ai-dehumanizing-the-workforce\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:49:49","slug":"breaking-bad-cast-reunites-on-picket-line-slams-ai-dehumanizing-the-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bad-cast-reunites-on-picket-line-slams-ai-dehumanizing-the-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Breaking Bad&#8217; stars unite, criticize AI for dehumanizing workforce."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-bad-cast-reunites-on-picket-line-slams-ai-dehumanizing-the-workforce%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Breaking Bad \u2062Cast Members Join Picket Line in Hollywood<\/h2>\n<p>Several \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cast members<\/span><\/a>  of the hit AMC \u200cdrama series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/breaking-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Breaking Bad<\/span><\/a>\u201d showed up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-teachers-union-votes-to-resist-a-premature-return-to-school-sites\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Teachers Union Votes \u2018To Resist A Premature\u2019 Return To School Sites\">picket line<\/a><\/span><\/a>  on Tuesday as the SAG-AFTRA and WGA writers and actors strikes drag on in \u200cHollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Lead \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d\u200c actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bryan-cranston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bryan Cranston<\/span><\/a>, who played \u2064Walter\u2062 White in the Emmy-award-winning\u2064 series, expressed some of the concerns\u200d that led to a work stoppage in the first place. One issue he called out specifically was the use \u200dof artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here \u200bin solidarity with all \u200dof \u2063us, \u2062with all \u2063of our brothers \u2062and sisters who are\u200d affected by this, and the WGA \u200dand SAG,\u201d Cranston \u200btold the gathered crowd outside Sony Pictures Studios, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/breaking-bad-cast-reunite-picket-line-strike-ai-concerns-bryan-cranston-1235577711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/a>. \u201cWe are\u200b all the backbone of our business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cWe\u2019re not\u200d making them [studios and streamers] the enemy, they\u2019re\u2064 not villains. These are people we all will be working with once \u2063again at some point. We \u2063just want them\u2062 to see reality\u2063 and fairness and \u2063come back to the\u200c table and talk \u2063to \u2063us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingBad?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakingBad<\/a> team \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanCranston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BryanCranston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronpaul_8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AaronPaul_8<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betsy_brandt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Betsy_Brandt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petergould?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PeterGould<\/a> Jesse Plemons and more come together to picket outside the Sony lot for the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ActorsStrike?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ActorsStrike<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WritersStrike?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WritersStrike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iggjIwmPTY\">pic.twitter.com\/iggjIwmPTY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/1696587570719986153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cranston,\u200b 67, told THR that he is hoping for an \u201cequitable \u2064contract\u201d for talent\u2062 to earn a guaranteed living wage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething that makes \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-going-to-work-until-all-of-our-crew-is-vaccinated-growing-number-of-hollywood-stars-call-for-vaccine-mandates-on-set\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Not Going To Work Until All Of Our Crew Is Vaccinated\u2019: Growing Number Of Hollywood Stars Call For Vaccine Mandates On Set\">working actor<\/a>\u200b able to pay their bills, pay their rent, buy food for their families,\u201d Cranston told the outlet. \u201cI mean,\u200b it\u2019s really\u2064 to that point. It\u2019s a \u200bwatershed moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d alum also came down hard on the use of AI. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis\u2063 contract will have a sentence \u2062in there \u200bthat states, \u2018Actors\u200c must be human beings.\u2019 This is mind-boggling, but that\u2019s what it will say, \u200band the same thing\u200b with the Writers Guild contract: \u2018Must be written\u2063 by a\u200b human being,\u2019\u201d Cranston said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve \u2064never had to \u200dimagine that before but that\u2019s here right now. It\u2019s possible of happening right now and \u200dwe have\u200c to \u200bstep in\u200c and say, \u2018You are dehumanizing\u200d the workforce and it cannot continue.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former \u2064Breaking Bad actors Aaron\u2064 Paul, Betsy\u2063 Brandt, Jesse Plemons, \u2064and writer Peter Gould joined Cranston on the picket line.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Plemons, who played Todd Alquist in the series, spoke up on the issue of residual payments for actors, another \u200dkey item in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-projects-only-female-cofounder-says-culture-of-toxic-masculinity-drove-her-to-resign\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project\u2019s Only Female Cofounder Says Culture of Toxic Masculinity Drove Her to Resign\">contract negotiations<\/a>. \u201cI started acting quite a\u2063 while ago and that\u2019s\u200c how\u2062 people survive when they\u2019re not working,\u201d Plemons said.<\/p>\n<p>WGA representatives met with studio executives\u2063 last week but failed to make any progress toward coming to \u200dan agreement. They expressed disgust that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bad-cast-reunites-on-picket-line-slams-ai-dehumanizing-the-workforce\/\" title=\"'Breaking Bad' stars unite, criticize AI for dehumanizing workforce.\">execs shared contract details<\/a> with the public, as The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/studios-share-contract-details-after-wga-leaders-meet-with-hollywood-ceos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the companies\u2019 plan from the beginning \u2013 not to\u2063 bargain, but to jam us,\u201d the reps said at the time. \u201cIt is their only strategy \u2013 to\u2064 bet that\u200d we will turn on each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WGA has been on strike since May 2, while \u200dthe SAG-AFTRA strike began on\u2063 July 14. This is the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-strike-on-southern-ukraine-city-kills-grain-exporter\/\" title=\"Russian Strike On Southern Ukraine City Kills Grain Exporter\">dual strike<\/a> since 1960. \u2062 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; cast members joined the picket line on Tuesday during the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes in Hollywood. 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