The appeal of AI to Hollywood is clear, as it could potentially reduce costs and labor demands. However, the WGA is working to protect its members from potential abuses and lower pay. The guild cannot fully prevent the use of AI-generated material, but it is striving to ensure that writers are credited and compensated fairly. The negotiations may have implications for other fields as well, as AI tools are increasingly used to replace human labor.
Key takeaways:
- The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is concerned about the potential use of AI in screenwriting and has included it in their demands during a strike.
- The WGA wants to ensure that "literary material" cannot be generated by an AI and that a writer must be a human being.
- There are concerns that AI could be used to generate "source material" which could then be adapted by human writers for a lower rate.
- While AI tools are currently rudimentary, they are evolving rapidly and there are fears that they could be used to replace human writers and lower their pay.