![]() Sarah Myers West, managing director of the AI Now Institute, a research nonprofit that studies the social consequences of AI and the industry behind it, says that “writers in particular are among the most likely to be affected” by the widespread use of generative AI. Hollywood is weighing the potential creative applications for film and TV, with some in the industry fearing studios will try to use automation as a shortcut in the screenwriting process. Experts have warned that this technology may be advancing at a dangerous pace - much faster than standards and practices around it can be established. ![]() Recent months have seen explosive growth in AI systems and tools, including chatbots, or large language models, which are trained on vast amounts of existing text and can respond to human input as if in conversation with the user. “It’s not easier to replace us with AI than it is to find someone to write the scripts, and that’s not possible for them to do because it’s an extremely skilled profession.” “In terms of companies using AI in order to break the strike, I’d like to see them try. The AMPTP rejected that proposal, instead offering merely to hold “annual meetings to discuss advancements in technology.”Īdam Conover, the creator and star of Adam Ruins Everything and Netflix’s The G Word docuseries, says it’s disappointing that studios refused to budge on that stipulation even though he thinks the idea of using AI in Hollywood writing “is a fad that’s going to disappear in a year and a half.” Conover, who’s also a board member of the Writers Guild of America West and is on the negotiating committee, says that even though he doesn’t think AI can do the work of a writer, he believes these companies are still going to try to exploit this new form of technology. The WGA requested that “AI can’t write or rewrite literary material,” “can’t be used as source material,” and that “MBA-covered material can’t be used to train AI,” the fear being that AI could create drafts of screenplays and then hire writers at day rates to punch up those scripts. ![]() Alex O’Keefe, a writer for FX series The Bear, told The New Yorker that he had a negative amount of money in his bank account when the show won Best Comedy Series at the WGA Awards.Īnother major sticking point in the two sides’ inability to come to an agreement is a stipulation about studios’ potential use of artificial intelligence. Included in the WGA demands are an increase in the minimum compensation in all areas of media for writers, an increase in contributions to pension and healthcare plans, an increase in residuals, and an overall improvement and strengthening in professional standards and protections for writers. SON Estrella Galicia: Where music, beer, and positive impact collide.Hak Baker on ‘World’s End FM: ‘I just want to make people feel good’.The WGA argues that in an already tumultuous atmosphere with layoffs across media companies, writers’ compensation in the entertainment industry has been negatively impacted by streaming, their Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA) protections are being ignored, and they also say studios and streamers created a “gig economy inside a union workforce” with writers relying on work from project to project. The Writers Guild of America ( WGA) entered into contract discussions with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood studios and streamers, on March 20 and failed to agree on negotiations by the May 1 deadline. For the first time since 2007, before streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Max existed, members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike May 1 after failing to negotiate a deal with Hollywood studios.
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