Annalee Newitz 🍜Support the WGA strike! This is one of the first strikes (that I know of) to focus on preventing companies from replacing writers with algorithms. Seems like something that newspaper guilds will grapple with soon too. https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike-hub
Janelle Shane@annaleen what gets me is how deeply crappy the algorithmic content is. It’s like the companies want to replace strawberry jam with red-flavored corn syrup. Bad for writers AND readers
Andrew Benedict-Nelson@janellecshane @annaleen the problem is that even after all this time, many publishers don’t have deep convictions about what kind of value they actually provide. So they’ll go chasing after shiny objects thinking they are going to become business models. I have some empathy for their situation but the consequences are painful.