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podcasts. Could the writers strike foreshadow more workplace AI battles ahead?

From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty-Karino.

Disruptive technology is at the heart of the contentious negotiations between Hollywood

writers and studios, which led to a strike. At issue, how writers get paid for streaming content,

and the role of artificial intelligence in the creative process. The writers Guild of America

has pushed for guardrails on the use of new AI tools like ChatGPT, which are trained on vast

amounts of human-made creative work, and could some fear end up replacing it. It's a concern that

is popping up more and more across a number of different industries as the implications of

this technology come into focus. And the Union's efforts to contain its harms

echo past labor struggles with new technology, says Virginia Dolgast. She's a professor at Cornell

School of Industrial and Labor Relations. There are a lot of examples historically of how

workers have responded to new technologies. You can go back to the classic Luddites,

English textile workers in the 19th century who destroyed textile machinery, because factory

owners were basically using machines to cut wages and replace skilled artisans. You have a lot

of examples of robots being introduced in the auto industry and manufacturing. You had the

long-shore industry being heavily mechanized. Thinking about the call center environment,

you've already seen a lot of use of AI, as well as, you know, broader trends of digitalization.

Tell me about some of the ways that disruptive technology like this can affect jobs.

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