The strike by the Writers Guild of America dragged on for almost five months before coming to an end this week. (Did you notice? I can’t say that I did.) The studios made a few concessions to the union in terms of residuals for material shown on streaming services and the number of writers that shows must employ. But when the Associated Press reported on this development, they focused on what they saw as a major victory for the guild. The studios will impose harsh restrictions on the use of Artificial intelligence. In fact, the title they settled on was, “In Hollywood writers’ battle against AI, humans win (for now).” This is being touted as a major win for humans over machine intelligence, but the victory may prove to be short-lived.Read More
Did Hollywood really defeat AI?
