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Bad writers go on strike, late night talk is doomed
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 3:52 PM
WHOZIT
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:20 AM
BRENDA
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 2:52 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 4:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: I'm loving the Late Night thing. There's way too many of those shows today anyhow. The last two great Late Night comedians were Craig Ferguson and Conan. Everyone else since has been trash. Hopefully when the dust settles all but one or two of them are gone and cancelled. -------------------------------------------------- Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Thursday, May 4, 2023 5:38 AM
JAYNEZTOWN
Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:13 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN: Un-funny Comedian to join the poverty line? I thought comedians should be able to write their own material 2007–08 Writers Guild strike cased disruption, some show were prepared and pre ordered script other delayed the show for a year. Maybe they will just go to a bunch of computer guys in Cambodia, Peru, Georgia, Albania, Kenya, Vietnam or some place and ask them to chat with an AI all day and get the Robot to write the next tv show comedy. The Robot it might even do a better job than our unfunny hive mind comedians 'From Bond to Heroes: what was affected by the 2007 writers’ strike?' https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/may/04/2007-writers-strike-bond-movie-heroes Actor Rob Lowe joins writers' picket line in Los Angeles https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65475111 A writers' strike is bearing down on Hollywood. https://www.businessinsider.com/hollywood-writers-strike-winners-losers-netflix-disney-warner-bros-discovery-2023-3 Here's how Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, and other streamers are armed for a work stoppage. WGA strike day 2: Hollywood writers concerned AI will take their jobs https://www.foxla.com/news/wga-writers-strike-day-2 The union remains at an impasse with Hollywood studios over a host of labor issues
Monday, May 15, 2023 2:53 PM
Monday, May 15, 2023 5:50 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN: Why use of AI is a major sticking point in the ongoing writers' strike https://www.newscientist.com/article/2373382-why-use-of-ai-is-a-major-sticking-point-in-the-ongoing-writers-strike/
Monday, May 15, 2023 11:35 PM
Friday, May 26, 2023 9:40 AM
Friday, May 26, 2023 11:04 AM
Quote:Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN: Creative Disruption: Striking screenwriters fearful ChatGPT could write next blockbuster script
Quote:AI chatbots, screenwriters say, could potentially be used to spit out a rough first draft with a few simple prompts (“a heist movie set in Beijing”). Writers would then be hired, at a lower pay rate, to punch it up. Screenplays could also be slyly generated in the style of known writers. What about a comedy in the voice of Nora Ephron? Or a gangster film that sounds like Mario Puzo? You won’t get anything close to “Casablanca” but the barest bones of a bad Liam Neeson thriller is not out of the question. The WGA’s basic agreement defines a writer as a “person” and only a human’s work can be copyrighted. But even though no one’s about to see a “By AI” writers credit at the beginning a movie, there are myriad ways that regenerative AI could be used to craft outlines, fill in scenes and mock up drafts.
Quote:“We’re not totally against AI,” says Michael Winship, president of the WGA East and a news and documentary writer. “There are ways it can be useful. But too many people are using it against us and using it to create mediocrity. They’re also in violation of copyright. They’re also plagiarizing.”
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