[ExI] strike over ai?

[BillK]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 at 14:35, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> I didn’t follow the story or even notice it, but I just saw that there was some kind of Hollywood writers union which walked a few months ago and now they resolved it.  Ok good for them, I still won’t watch your shows.
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> What I just saw is that the reason they were striking was over the use of AI in creating content.  Now, this long after the fact, that whole strike becomes interesting to me.  I don’t know if it is true, but it so it would make sense.  Are there any Hollywood hipsters among us who know the deetz?
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> spike
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Wikipedia knows.
It was two strikes together.  Writers and actors. Both involving the use of AI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_SAG-AFTRA_strike>

BillK