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Neil Gaiman May 2, 2023

We are on strike. I wish it wasn't happening and support it 100%.

https://www.wgaeast.org/writers-guild-of-america-calls-strike-effective-tuesday-may-2/

Writers Guild of America Calls Strike, Effective Tuesday, May 2 | Press Room

Following the unanimous recommendation of the WGA Negotiating Committee, the Council of the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01a.m. Pacific Time, Tuesday, May 2.

Writers Guild of America, East

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Neil Gaiman May 2, 2023

And this link seems more robust:

https://www.wgacontract2023.org/announcements/wga-on-strike

WGA on Strike

We have not reached an agreement with the studios and streamers. We will be on strike after the contract expires at midnight.

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theRICHARDexp May 2, 2023

@neilhimself what is that about AI?? Are these companies seriously considering handing over content creation to a fucking AI???

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MaybeMyMonkeys May 2, 2023

@theRICHARDexp @neilhimself GPT4 is good enough that if you fed it 100 years of radio and TV scripts (in any language), it could generate scripts that matched the lower to mid tiers of writers. They can’t all be Neil. I also assume that many scripts never see the light of day, and writers are hired to rewrite scripts all the time.

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theRICHARDexp

@MaybeMyMonkeys @neilhimself but like you said, it would “match” them. Not be independently creative. It would create a show about a dog because it knows about Lassie, not because it has any emotional attachment to dogs. Even creating a basic script and allowing a human to “rewrite” it would pull all artistry out of the storytelling.