The creator of the ‘Fargo’ series, Noah Hawley, is wary of the good and the bad in artificial intelligence.

“I am a person who tells stories to people. Decency is not an algorithm. Moral courage is not a formula. I don’t think we can replace our best work with a simulation of our best work. So on some level I’m not worried about it,” he told Fox News Digital at the Primetime Emmy Awards last month.

The show’s fifth season was nominated for six awards, taking home one for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Lamorne Morris.

“On another level, as someone who is deeply concerned with the darkness of capitalism, I think we’re in for a fight,” Hawley added.

The writer and director’s comments came before a series of AI bills passed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk that addressed a variety of needs.

On September 17, Newsom signed two bills, backed by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, that provided protections for the likenesses of actors, living and dead – AB 1836, which restricts the use of AI to create digital replicas of dead performers without the consent of their estates, and AB 2602, which increases consent requirements for living artists for AI replicas.

“We continue to navigate uncharted territory when it comes to how AI and digital media are transforming the entertainment industry, but our North Star has always been to protect workers. This legislation ensures the industry can continue to thrive while strengthening protections for workers and how their likeness can or cannot be used,” Newsom said in a statement.

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher attended the signing.

“It’s a momentous day for SAG-AFTRA members and everyone else as the AI ​​protections we fought so hard for last year are now being expanded under California law thanks to the Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom,” Drescher said. “They say as California goes, so goes the nation.”

Later in September, Newsom vetoed a separate bill, SB 1047, which also received the support of SAG-AFTRA.

According to The Associated Press, the governor’s veto marks a major setback for efforts to create unsupervised guardrails around AI and its rapid evolution.

“While well-intentioned, SB 1047 does not take into account whether an AI system is deployed in high-risk environments, involves critical decision-making, or uses sensitive data,” Newsom said in a statement. “Instead, the bill applies strict standards to even the most basic functions – as long as a major system uses them. I do not believe this is the best approach to protecting the public from real threats from the technology.”

Jeffrey Bennett, general counsel for the union, told Variety: “This bill appears to be the only bill that focuses only on the incredibly powerful, expensive systems that have the capacity to cause a mass critical problem. Why don’t we regulate at that level? Why don’t we build in some sensible basic safety protocols at this stage of the game?”

California and Tennessee both passed AI bills this year specific to artists, and earlier this year a revised version of the No Fakes Act was reintroduced in Congress.

The Motion Picture Association, which represents several major studios including Netflix, Sony, Paramount, Universal, Disney and Warner Bros., also praised the bill.

SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland spoke to Fox News Digital about the bill in July, saying: “From our point of view, this is absolutely critical. The timing is now, and it is desperately needed.”