Spirits Raised After Writer's Guild Contract is Reached
Spirits Raised After Writer's Guild Contract Is Reached by Jillian Drummond With the rise of streaming services, the demand for new shows and movies has increased juristically. This access to even more entertainment at the push of a button has put a squeeze on the entertainment industry. Writers and actors are having to work more jobs to keep up with this demand and for the same amount of pay they previously made with the old cable television business model. On top of that, they are now being threatened by the development of artificial intelligence. AI models have been trained using writers' previous works, and production companies such as Disney, Netflix, and Discovery-Warner have been dumping money into training their artificial intelligence to cut out their writers and actors. Credit: TNS After 148 long days of striking for their rights against artificial intelligence, the Writer's Guild of America has ...