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Elevator operators were not replaced by buttons. Elevator operators were replaced by very complex computers with many redundant censors. You had elevator oper
by Guvante 3y ago
Elevator operators were not replaced by buttons.
Elevator operators were replaced by very complex computers with many redundant censors.
You had elevator operators for safety not convenience...
Similarly you seem to have the common misconception that the purpose of a writer is to churn out random text which can be replaced with LLM vs building a coherent story and guiding it through the creative process in support of the other people involved.
The writers strike was primarily about streaming having terrible residuals and while they were striking they took back the inputs into AI from studios which makes sense given writing has always been for a particular project.
- dleslie 3y agoThat's the metaphor to a T: at one time it was necessary to have an operator, until technology reached a point where buttons would suffice. In the future, script production and revision will still occur via committee, but the actual writing will not be done by humans.
- Guvante 3y agoI think keeping the committee was partially to avoid accidentally cutting off the stream of new writers. If you can't get started doing grunt work writing you have to get started somewhere.