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> The WGA has terrible timing with their strikes. Last one was in 2008. This one is now on the heels of another banking crisis and chatgpt which has the ability
by kcartlidge 3y ago
> The WGA has terrible timing with their strikes. Last one was in 2008. This one is now on the heels of another banking crisis and chatgpt which has the ability to destroy any writing gigs.
I don't think it's terrible timing due to ChatGPT and AI. Rather, it is timing that is specifically because of ChatGPT and AI.
- jjk166 3y agoThe writing's been on the wall (no pun intended) for quite some time (GPT-3 was released in 2020), and writers would have been in a much better position to say "you won't be able to replace us with AI anytime soon" even just a few months ago. But they waited until after the technology became so accessible that even non-technical people are regularly using AI to write things.