AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle "plagiarism machines" in union talks
WGA writers don't want to train AI or clean up AI-generated "sloppy first drafts."
Source: arstechnica.com
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WGA writers don't want to train AI or clean up AI-generated "sloppy first drafts."
'We don't want our material feeding them, and we also don't want to be fixing their sloppy first drafts,' says negotiating committee member
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has expressed concerns about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in writing film and TV scripts, with some members referring to AI as "plagiarism machines."
Corrections that appeared in print on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
New York Times: Hollywood writers and actors seek limits on artificial intelligence.