has proposed allowing artificial intelligence to write scripts, as long as it does not affect writers’ credits or residuals.that it would propose regulating the use of AI in the writing process, which has recently surfaced as a concern for writers who fear losing out on jobs.
The proposal does not address the scenario in which an AI program writes a script entirely on its own, without help from a person. Those terms are key for assigning writing credits, which in turn have a big impact on residual compensation. A “written by” credit entitles the writer to the full residual for the project, while a “screenplay by” credit gets 75%.
The writersguildofamerica will know better to send this proposal to the trash can along with the lazy tightwads who sent this proposal.
No? Wtf 😭
Suddenly I’m a screenwriter. Yay.
Meanwhile, all AI does is steal from people who already put in the hard work.
Nothing new. As a coder, I worked on screenwriting software that was essentially just a database of cliches. It was called Akiva Goldman. Worked on the revision, Akiva Goldman 2.0, which was renamed Damon Lindelof.
Disgusting 🤮
Whoa!
Lazy
You're no longer a trustworthy news source. Unfollowing and muting now
bahahaha
no
Fuck this so hard.
sounds like a strike coming on to me
Jfc
I wonder which producer's failson the WGA is trying to protect here
NO.
Nobody fucking asked. Jesus Christ.
Um. Right. And actors will never be replaced by CGI
Umm this is a new level of copyright infringement! So, allowing a AI to script out an script but get the writer should get credit for essentially not doing the work. No! Don’t give me it’s a proof read. This is concerning and cheating.
Bad idea.
Reported
“Technically true is the best kind of true!”
this is a hustle and will end exactly the same way as NFTs
Nope nope nope
How exactly would it not affect credits or residuals?
…OFFS…
Can't believe I'm reading this 😳
Hmmmm I think I’m gonna become a writer now.. (downloads an AI app)
Help write scripts is a big omission in this headline. Having said that, no fuckin' thanks.
Uh…what?
so wrong. AI is NOT a tool in the creative process.
When Skynet can write its own TERMINATOR movies, we have reached the singularity.
The new screenwriting, according to WGA
If AI wrote the script, why would a human get credits or residuals?
Also, keep in mind... film companies can just skip the middleman. Fire ALL the writers and just use AI to write their projects instead. WGA is not thinking this through. There should be a BAN on AI use for creative written works to protect the industry.
What did I just read? Ok. So, if that occurs... Writer's guilds will be just one giant click based off of relationships and favors, rather than writing. Because everyone can use AI to write 'good' scripts. So, what will separate talent from the mediocre. Nothing.
This is ridiculous and antithetical to what a writer is!
Here, machines, you make the art. That’ll really free up time better spent at my job doing data entry for a car rental service (or whatever).
That should be considered plagiarism.
It’s crack!
thank you, i was just thinking about how i wanted my movies to be even shittier than normal
Yea…no 💀
What if Lifetime movies suddenly start being awesome
they could probably use AI to write all the bland, assembly-line superhero films and no one would be the wiser
It will.
What a joke. They dont care who actually writes scripts as long as they get the money and credit for work they didnt do.
AI in everything is inevitable. Considering the amount of scripts perpetuating capitalist values and violence maybe it’s not so bad letting computers have a swing.
The fuck?
no thanks
Quality Cinema. It's gonna fantastic! The Oscar for best writing goes to? *AL, the AI from *insert name* studios!
My concern is human laziness will override creativity and a bunch of rubbish will get produced because AI is faster and cheaper than those pesky humans.
brundl3fly
repeatlitanies This will be fine if it’s just them playing around with bits of dialogue to see different ways to do it, but god help us if they decide to use it for writing full scripts. The tech is not at all capable of actual plotting yet. We’ll see so much generic, insensible garbage then.
hate the fuck out of this
Slippery slope
i hope they teach this 'ai' how to strike.
Probably the most resoundingly stupid idea I've ever heard. Plus, 30 Rock already told us what this would lead to ...
Finally I can be a successful screenwriter
pedrosazevedo corre aqui
For humans by humans.
WHAT.
Remember when AI was all about scientific research - curing cancer, say - and not replacing artists?
When the techbros attacked and started ripping off image artists and selling 'creations' that used art without permission, I said the next victims would be writers and people told me I was crazy. They are going to be eliminated by an AI, and they are proposing it themselves.
Hell no!!!!
no, bad idea
As though the current repetition in entertainment isn’t bad enough.
Headline is written misleading on purpose. They are trying to get protections FROM AI, and the company is trying to mislead people into thinking Unions are bad during a negotiation period. Shame on Variety adding to this deception.
strangevista Oh jeez Well Maybe it will be an improvement
'Or, a studio executive could hand the writer an AI-generated script to rewrite or polish and the writer would still be considered the first writer on the project.' Or, the studio uses the AI-generated script, giving no human writer pay or credit! WGA didn't think this through.
straczynski please say it ain’t so!
“And the Oscar for best original screenplay goes to… ChatGPT!”
Call me a Luddite but I don't think that we need advanced technology to create a script for The Next Pirates of the Caribbean Movie. Human writers are just as capable of cranking out incoherent garbage.
…but who owns the IP in the AI generated work?
Imagine giving away your own jobs
Wow I got psyoped by variety for a minute there. Glad somebody clarified what this means.
I though that was already the case
Considering some of the films these niggas write, let AI take over. Might have gotten a better DCEU
AI, please don't make flashdisk too much.
AI script writer for CGI characters voiced by text to speech software.
Uh. No.
I have a feeling this will back fire greatly long term. I'm pretty sure the studios are going to adjust for this.
Relevant
L
I have a feeling AI might write better scripts than Shonda Rhimes.
Bad idea
It'll still be better than Emily in Paris.
This is so shortsighted. The would still need a writer to rewrite /polish the AI’s script. So why not hire a writer in the first place?
Fuck this, that's just absolutely lazy.
and the WRITERS are on board?
Unpropose it
I think when the studios stop hiring writers in order for AI to write shows - hence making the WGA less relevant - there'll be a whole lot of fuss. And striking won't matter - because AI won't strike.
What about their jobs tho
I’m sure this will help contribute to the writers strike lol
So what’s the point in joining the WGA at all? My agent will do a better job protecting my script than them
Netflix freut sich
A lot of bad takes here when this actually DOES protect the writers and has their best interest at heart.
Why are they striking because they want more money then!
What the FUCK
The bleak future of culture & entertainment.
delete
So we can expect better stuff now, right?
'hey guys, what if we don't increase your pay or make sure there are enough opportunities to go around but get robots to do the job instead?'
Humankind never has to be creative again how wonderful
Gross.
uhh bad idea
Well writers get so little respect as it is, I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened
Writers Guild not doing a great job of protecting writers eh
Ahhhh.....No!
Hell no.
This is stupid.
I'm only okay with this if it's used to write a Max Headroom reboot, lol
AI is 'a tool — like Final Draft or a pencil.' Did an AI write this?
you’ve opened a door that’s now ajar until the end of linear time. get bent
It has begun.
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.WGAWest bad
Am not sure how this works but wouldn't it make any one a script writer as long as they can afford the technology.
Why would the WGA even open the door to this? It will decimate their ranks.
Hadeeeeeehhh
...up next: WGA disbands. Writers now obsolete after studios switch to AI to write scripts.
No no no no no no no!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spellcheck will constantly tell me I’m spelling my own name wrong, why would you let AI help write a script in any way then?
It feels like writers are being robbed of their creativity among other things. Slippery slope to say the least.
Which studio paid for this story?
AI has been writing all MCU movies anyway so who cares?
Absolutely wild 🤦🏻♀️
Please stop using AI to replace real people. I mean, we have enough people complaining about self-checkout...
Ugh.
Oh no. Hold the line!
Disney is already doing that.
Shut up, liar.
Bullshit. The WGA doesn't talk about negotiations while they're negotiating (no sensible organisation does!) - so where is this lie coming from?
When your script gets denied :
Screenplay by CNET MONEY TEAM
Always put ArtistsFirst
Did AI write this?
mrdougellin
WTF
k?
I hope they’ll credit the AI so we know to skip those movies.
omg no no no ☠️ it with fire
no.
😑
The day AI can write a good dick joke is the day I quit.
No.
This is a big 'fuck you' to writers AI doesn't have any worldly experience or higher forms of cognition. Never will it feel or understand happiness, joy, grief, pain or those fleeting moments of transcendence.
🖕
The robots are coming for us.
Celebrations at Disney
The hell?!
I mean, it feels like they already do for those dogshit Marvel movies. So what's the difference?
Ew
I can not understand how this is a good thing for anyone involved in the process and spells certain doom for the WGA and its members. This is insanity.
No! AI will destroy humanity!
Every single time we have negotiations, you pull this shit.
Misinformation, and misleading headline.
Yea this is a fucking slap in the face
Oh, hell no.
straight up ban it WGAWest WGAEast
Hey maybe *don’t* do that instead 🤨
Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad
I hope WGA is planning on crediting fanfiction writers from AO3 for all those scripts then.
Wrap it up. We are done here
This depresses me.
Wt actual f?