What the Writers Really Fear About AI in Hollywood

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Matt is joined by John Lopez, a writer, producer, and member of the AI working group in the WGA, to explain what the guild actually thinks about AI, misperceptions about AI’s ability to write scripts, and why this will be one of the key issues in Hollywood for years to come. Matt finishes the show with a box office prediction for the opening weekend of ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.’ For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: John Lopez Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.3	Last fall, when the Writers Guild first started talking about their demands in the upcoming studio
1:24.9	contract negotiation, artificial intelligence wasn't even really on the
1:28.9	agenda. Cut to May 1st when the WGA called its first strike in 15 years, and AI was one of the
1:34.9	key issues cited. You've probably seen those photos of the strike signs and the picket lines.
1:39.6	AI will not replace us. Death to the robot writers. My favorite, AI does not have childhood trauma.
1:46.4	The writers will get that one. That's how fast chat GPT and AI has become top of mind for writers,
1:52.0	as well as actors and directors. But there's been a lot of confusion about what the guilds
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