2026-09-28 19:31 UTC
Remember the Hollywood writers' strike? It's the only time in history that creative workers have defeated AI, so it's worthy of close study. Specifically, remember that workers on those picket lines weren't striking against the AI companies, they were striking against the *studio bosses*, artist-hating billionaires like Warner's David Zaslav and Disney's Bob Iger, whose careers have been defined by a relentless quest for ways to pay creative workers less.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-09-28 19:31
It was *studio bosses*, not AI bosses, who wanted to replace screenwriters with AI. These are the same studio bosses who are now suing AI companies for copyright infringement. That's not because the studio bosses want to get rid of AI models or keep them out of the writers' room. They *absolutely* want to fire writers and replace us with AI. 33/