“I didn’t want to be replaced by AI”…Leave behind 148 days of Hollywood strikes

"I don't want to be replaced with something"
(artificial.) In early May, screenwriter Michelle Amo decided to participate in the "Hollywood Shutdown" (strike) under the Hollywood Writers Guild (WGA).
Le told the BBC: Michelle opened up about how her mother, who worked in the packaging industry for 35 years, recently lost her job due to the advent of robotic packaging equipment.
I expected something like this to happen, but we create art...who wants a ``fake Picasso''?''
On May 2nd, the WGA, a union made up of 11,500 writers like Amor, held a △ strike.
The strike was focused on transparent disclosure of production company profits from the reaming business, fair distribution of profits, minimum staffing for work, and protection of rights for artists related to the introduction of AI.
The difference from existing strikes, which occurred to improve pay levels and working conditions, is the issue of ``guaranteeing rights from AI''. The WGA requirements announced on the 1st of the same month state that “AI
The document states that the material cannot be written on or used again, and cannot be used as ``source material.'' AI such as chat GPT
Recombining existing works to create scripts could pose a threat to writers' intellectual property rights and livelihoods. In July, the Actors and Broadcasters Union (SAG-AFTRA) began a strike under the WGA.
) are also concerned about the situation in which they are unable to claim portrait rights or maintain their livelihoods from works that have been copied or reprocessed by AI. Duncan Crabtree Island SAG representing 160,000 members
-A negotiator from AFTRA claimed at a press conference that ``the studio's artificial intelligence is exploiting actors.'' In response, on the 11th of last month, Netflix, Walt Disney, etc.
The Association of Motion Picture and TV Producers (AMPTP), which represents major studios, has proposed a ``proposal to protect against the growing influence of AI.''
Although they made some radical proposals, such as paying the wages of 100,000 workers, they were unable to dispel their concerns. “At 12:01 a.m. (local time) on the 27th, union leaders lifted the ban and
We unanimously voted to end the strike.'' The WGA declared the end of the strike on its union website, 148 days after the strike began. 5 with AMPTP progressed from 20th
This is a ``tentative agreement'' reached after negotiations between Japan and Japan. Even if the studio partially uses AI tools in the production of a work, the intellectual property rights and compensation of the artists are guaranteed, and both parties can reach an agreement.
It is seen as something that According to the WGA website, the proposed agreement includes: △ AI cannot create or recreate literary materials △ AI materials cannot be considered “original” △ Damage to credibility of AI scenarios (
The tentative agreement included measures to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. However, there is still no clear alternative to the ``intimidation of potential jobs'' that screenwriter Michel Amor worried about. Digital mail
Berry Dealer, chairman of the media company IAC, spoke about the agreement on CNBC on the 26th, saying, ``We spent several months trying to come up with a slogan to protect writers from AI, but in the end we ended up protecting nothing.
It is a policy that shakes the very foundations of copyright law.''