AI Threatens to Steal Screenwriters’ Jobs: They Can’t Smash It, but They Can Try to Survive

The Irrelevant History of English Textile Workers and AI’s Impact on Screenwriters

Let’s pretend the history of English textile workers shedding tears and smashing machines actually matters in this case. The drama queens had the privilege of dismantling the evil that threatened to snatch their jobs, but screenwriters in the AI era don’t have that luxury. Unless they want to look like absolute lunatics smashing their computers or trying to strangle Siri, they’ll have to suck it up and learn to coexist with the dreaded AI.

AI Doesn’t Care for Creativity or Employment Rates, It Just Wants to Make Movies

While AI can’t chug an espresso in a chic Los Angeles café like the many cliché screenwriters you watch in movies, it sure can come up with some passable ideas for film and TV. In no time, this cinematically inclined AI is going to start replacing screenwriters or worse, dictating their lines as they weep clutching their never-produced screenplays. Time to learn how to adult and embrace this unforgiving future that makes little sense.

Let’s not bother ignoring the possible implications of evolving technology. With AI, we’re seeing more and more algorithms deciding what should be funny, dramatic, or suspenseful instead of real human beings. In all probability, the diverse range of storytelling and the thrilling chaos that only a human mind can muster could become obsolete.

It’s not all terrible for the elites, though. These small victories might help strengthen their fragile egos as they eventually merge with AI to create some sort of weird hybrid scribbler. For now, learning a few strategies to navigate through the AI crowd might help maximize their employability – at least until AI starts writing job applications too.

Final Smug Words: Embrace the Future and Kiss Your Dreams Goodbye

The rise of AI in the film industry is an astonishingly painful reality that screenwriters have to face. Maybe it’s time for a career change? Lottery winner? Competitive hot dog eater? Whatever suits your dwindling creativity. But until all hope is sucked out of the human workforce, these writers must adapt, compete, or eventually get shoved out of the spotlight by an emotionless algorithm on its way to accepting an Oscar.

Original article:https://www.wired.com/story/wga-strike-artificial-intelligence-luddites/