Fantastic Four fans are calling foul after eagle-eyed users on X pointed to telltale signs of the use of generative AI: badly drawn hands.
The image features a crowd of cheering fans in a retro-futuristic poster. Yet a closer examination of the hands of several figures shows some with missing fingers or disfigured hands in a form typical of AI image generators.
Since the public launch of ChatGPT in 2022, Hollywood has grappled with AI’s encroachment on the creative process.
In May 2023, the Writers Guild of America went on strike after negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers collapsed over several factors, including compensation and the inability to agree on the use of AI in the writers’ room.
The WGA strike was followed in July 2023 by the members of SAG-AFTRA, who went on strike, citing several factors, including a lack of residuals and AI protections in the negotiations with the Alliance, as factors in the decision.
While AI has convincingly mimicked many aspects of the creative process,