One of the major points of disagreement underlying the ongoing Hollywood writers strike is over the role that artificial intelligence might play in the creation of TV and movies today — and in the future.

As part of a long list of demands provided to studios, the Writers Guild of America has called for banning AI from being used to “write or rewrite literary material” or “be used as source material” for scripted series and films. The studios have reportedly rejected that proposal, instead offering to hold annual meetings to “discuss advancements in technology.”

Hollywood writers are far from the only creative professionals who fear that AI could put their careers at risk. Image creation systems like Midjourney are now sophisticated enough to win contests against human artists and create award-winning fake photographs. Language models like ChatGPT are able to conjure up passable prose. Recently, a handful of AI-generated songs mimicking stars like Drake and Harry Styles have gone viral online.

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