SAG-AFTRA vs. Greed & AI: Should We Care? | Interview w/ Zero the Writer & Avery Angelici Pt. 1

Lex and Tony discuss the ongoing #strikes by screenwriters and Hollywood actors. They also share part one of an interview with two emerging artists: Zero the Writer and model/actress Avery Angelici. 

The guys dive into the reasons why writers started picketing back in May. Simply put, it boils down to job security and pay. Actors are joining in this month to demand pay security, but also because of the additional threat presented by AI. More specifically, actors worry that they will be replaced by AI. A fate that would trickle all the way down to camera people, stagehands, producers, and writers, leading to the end of the movie and TV industries as we know them. Lex and Tony talk about why we should care and what we could do as consumers. 

But what can we do, realistically? We can start by supporting local talent by showing up to their shows or buying their craft. Let's support our local actors, dancers, painters and other artists who deliver beautiful work from the soul, something that AI cannot, as it is simply improvising on, or regurgitating its training material.

In that spirit, Lex and Tony interview two local artists, Zero the Writer, a novelist, poet and playwright, and Avery Angelici, an actress and model. Both are emerging talents in our community who need our support as they hone their craft and put their work and themselves out there. Lex and Tony saw them in a play at the Orlando Fringe International Theater Festival earlier this year and loved their work. In the first part of the interview we meet Zero and Avery, we hear more about the play "Who Mothered the Corpse?", where Zero gets her inspiration for her material and how Avery portrays one of the characters in the play.

Stay tuned for part two of the interview. See you next week!

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