On the Ground with the WGA Picketers
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May 3 • 26M
On the Ground with the WGA Picketers
The Ankler team talked to strikers at the gates of the studios and streamers
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In a special Strikegeist episode, Elaine Low and Richard Rushfield join Sean McNulty to report back what they are seeing and hearing (and the who’s who) at the picket lines across town. “Upbeat but not combative,” says Rushfield, who took in the scene outside Paramount. Also: why a short-term resolution doesn’t seem likely (10:36); takeaways from Elaine’s interview with WGA lead negotiator Ellen Stutzman (11:24); awkwardness surrounding FYC events (22:18); and why AI has more than just writers worried (13:21).
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On the Ground with the WGA Picketers
What’s anyone hearing about IATSE?
Glad to hear Sean point out the AI gist to Richard because a lot of media is glossing over this: WGA is not asking for a final disposition on the application of AI to the writing process; they are asking essentially for an agreed moratorium as the tech evolves. Given that most of the actual architects of AI are all crying for hitting the brakes in general, a moratorium within the industry doesn’t seem like that radical a notion and is one I suspect the DGA and SAG align with.