The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued fresh guidance on who or what can win an Oscar, stressing that human creativity must be front and center if a performance or writing is to win one of the coveted awards. For acting roles, the performance must be “demonstrably performed by humans,” while Oscars handed out for writing are a little stricter and “must be human-authored.” However, when it comes to AI being used in post-production for special effects, the Academy says the use of such tools will “neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination,” and it will “judge the achievement, taking into account the degree to which a human was at the heart of the creative authorship when choosing which movie to award.” The Associated Press notes that the Academy is also reserving the right to ask filmmakers for additional information about how they deploy AI and “human authorship.” “Humans have to be at the center of the creative process,” Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor tells AP .…