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This question is irrelevant in the context of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. The WGA's motivations are obvious. They are protecting the livelih
by slg 3y ago
This question is irrelevant in the context of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. The WGA's motivations are obvious. They are protecting the livelihoods of their members.
If a studio thinks AI can genuinely do a better job than human writers, that studio has the right to replace those human writers with AI. The human writers likewise have the right to refuse to work with any studio that does so. The fact that no studio has even hinted at taking this route during a 5-month-long strike suggests that no one believes AI would actually do a better job than WGA members.
- willcipriano 3y agoNo way AI could write another remake of a movie from the 80's.
- krapp 3y agoThe list of things AI could never do, that it has already done, is getting rather long for a statement like that to read as anything but naive. Eventually, given enough investment, yes it could.
- shrubhub 3y agoWoosh!
- mrguyorama 3y agoAnd yet, the studios came to the bargaining table instead of doing just that. Sounds like they don't have that much confidence in such a plan.
- slg 3y agoI realize this is a joke, but it is important to remember that Hollywood doesn't produce remakes because that is what writers want to write. It produces remakes because that is what studios want to make. Writers are probably the strongest force for injecting originality into the process.