EXPLAINED: The AI Debate Surrounding The WGA Writers Strike

"Executives from Paramount Global, Fox Corp. and other entertainment companies said it’s inevitable that films and TV shows will be written using artificial intelligence."*

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[mommar]

It's not about when AI is smart enough to write a good story, it's about when humans become dumbed down enough to fall for it.

[tylerharris]

to be fair, modern movies for the past 20 years have been declining

[ladyluck]

So who gets sued when the AI does copywrite infringement?

[Hal-Blue]

No one cared when customer service support for anything was shipped overseas, no one careed when automation took over for cashiers. And they called this all nonskilled work. And did not care. But now that threatens "skilled" work for people who make more money. They use the same wording of un-skilled workers to try to save jobs. Also they credit a person with basic income that was proposed by non-academics long ago. And no one called him on that. Just sad.

[phillipwalker]

Thanks to John for your considerate, kind and heart warming complimentary words of appreciation! And thank you to everyone who came and continues to come out and picket with us! Anyone one who wants to come and support is always welcome and soon we will be hopefully expanding the picketing to places like Atlanta. We see this not as a cause for ourselves but as a cause for the future. This is the moment and the moment is ours if we choose to stand up and grasp it. I know there have been trolls online but all I have received in my life is encouragement and support. It warms my heart and gives me faith. (which is something that writers are not often wired to have) Thank you all! You are all incredible people!

Love and solidarity

[dailyrider]

Being that Corporations are "people" I would think at some point the CEOs and Execs could easily be replaced by AI as those jobs can be done by anyone. Also this is exactly what humans do to themselves, come up with something that could make our lives better and twist it to harm as many as possible.

[irCurts_Old_Gamer]

The more blah blah blah I hear on this topic, the more I realize the problem with AI is not intelligence or artificial, the real issue is the same for ever other part of life-GREED.

[ArchArturo]

It's interesting and scary... I grew up with Sci-Fi stories claiming that AI would remove the menial jobs, but only leave creative works as they are "inherently human", due to the exploration of the feelings, the visualization of ideas, etc. But... Now it's the other way around, and, as an Architect, it's creepy.

[Dyskresiac]

Honestly I had no idea most shows nowadays WEREN'T written by AI. They're so formulaic while saying as little as possible... You could've fooled me.

[robertdouble]

The dream of the entertainment industry is to say "AI...please write me a script for movie that will make 2 billion dollars at the box office", that's the only input they have to offer.

[jakehays]

First of all thank you for the shout out to special effects. All of this started because of streaming services. Companies like Netflix are trying to hold on the original contracts from when they were first starting out. Anyone below the line who works on a show take a lesser contract because Netflix claimed that they couldn’t compete with the big media companies. Stage hands almost went on strike a couple of years ago over this. The problem with all of this is that producers really don’t care about making a good movie. All they want to make is money. The fact that when writers say we want to make the same money for streaming services that we do for feature films and the production company comes back and says we will just have everything written with Ai is not a good sign.

[silspyro_]

AI isn't the problem its how it will be used thats the issue. It will be used to increase profits while disposing of workers. Meanwhile the government will continue to call the middle/lower class lazy and refuse to adjust to this new age

[jessicabixler]

1. If recognition of our patterns and creativity pushes up out the patterns will get very boring
2. Companies need our money. If we have none neither will they.

[AvangionQ]

Generalized AI is coming within the next two decades to take away half of all jobs.
Whether the people thrive or starve will be determined by who owns the machines.
Universal Dividends is a concept that needs to be expanded upon and made viral.

[joshsmyth]

Wouldn't Ai and machine learning be excellent in replacing executives

[MISTAJZA]

Ironic that Hollywood created the Terminator franchise, which is about a rogue AI taking over everything, and now we are on the precipice of AI taking over Hollywood.

[parodybbb]

Who is standing up for the artists? You know, the ones who used to draw, trace, and paint Disney animation frame by frame. Some people will never understand technology.

[storyspinner]

The more artistic writing cannot be emulated by any AI and that would be sorely missed in entertainment.

[sivaones]

We’ll see how soon. I asked ChatGPT to write a song in the style of Nirvana and it was awful.

[LauraCordes]

I put the plot of the story I'm writing into an AI writing bot, and it was completely wrong. Hilariously wrong, in fact. AI cannot replace human writers, no way. It can only replicate writing patterns in a way that steers away from the intended message, because no AI can replace the human heart and soul. It can only mimic messaging that's already out there. And today, it's all about what generates more income for the top 1%. I stand in solidarity with the writers on strike.