The A.I. Panic

Today, Rob Long looks at A.I., a main sticking point in contract negotiations between the studios and labor unions. Mission Impossible 39? One day, you could do it with Deep Fake Tom Cruise (inconveniently, it seems, A-list actors age). But writers? Rob describes the not-so-nice intramural chatter about who’s talented and who isn’t, who needs a robot and who doesn’t, who can replace me and what should replace you. In the end, it turns out, it’s all about whose data set dunks on someone else’s. Cue Deep Fake Rob.

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