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The Take examines why US writers in Hollywood want AI regulated.
US TV and film writers (11,500) quit their jobs for the first time in 15 years. On May 2, talks with the Motion Picture and Television Producers Alliance broke down. One of the points of negotiation is the role of AI in scripting. The Writers Guild wants to add regulation on artificial intelligence to its members’ contracts, which it says studios have rejected, raising the question of how studios envision future writers’ rooms. Connected. The Take explores the balance of power between the writer and the studio.
In this episode:
- John August (@johnaugust), screenwriter, member of the Writers Guild of America Negotiating Committee
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei with Sonia Bhagat and host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan did his fact check for this episode. Thanks to the Scriptnotes podcast and Drew Marquardt.
The sound designer is Alex Roldan. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are Engagement Producers.
Alexandra Locke is the Executive Producer of The Take and Ney Alvarez is Head of Sound at Al Jazeera.
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