![]() ![]() With Pickaxe, writers can generate written scenes by describing their plots and characters in a text box. Ian Eck and Mike Gioia built the AI tool Pickaxe. Davis premise through what's called an "AI visualizer program." Computer-generated images popped up when they typed prompts into a keyboard, like "nun," "epic adventure" and "resistance." And in video promotion for their show, co-creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof ran the Mrs. ![]() Davis used algorithms to generate episode titles. But what makes a movie work is an interesting idea and interesting execution - I don't know if we'll get that anytime soon."Įven so, artificial intelligence is starting to crop up in Hollywood productions, and some writers are embracing it as a tool. They're also pretty good at basic wordplay and poetry style. It's pretty easy for them to come up with something that's, let's say, prototypical or stereotypical. But they stick pretty close to what they've seen. ![]() it's a sophisticated sense of regurgitation, because they can put in synonyms and paraphrases. "In a certain sense, what they're doing is regurgitating what they've seen before. "I've called them the king of pastiche" says Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist who hosts the Audacy podcast Humans vs. "But it's also clear that AI is going to be highly disruptive, and it could be extremely difficult to manage, particularly from an IP management perspective."ĪI experts and writers say the new AI programs aren't yet able to write good scripts. "We're already starting to use AI to create some efficiencies and ultimately to better serve consumers," Iger said. They also point out that the current agreement already defines writers as people - so AI-generated material wouldn't be eligible for writing credits.ĭuring a recent earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors that AI development presents opportunities and benefits to the company. Meanwhile the studios, represented by The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, say that the use of AI raises "hard, important creative and legal questions for everyone," and that it requires more discussion. It wouldn't understand how to handle race, certain jokes, things like that." "They understand the structure of what to do, but it had no depth, it had no spirit. Tachel said she recently read a script written by Chat GPT. But they cannot be the genesis of any creation. "We're not against the use, you know, if we can find a way to be reasonable. We're not here to rewrite a machine," Tachel said. "We're out here fighting so that the Alexas and whatnot aren't writing our stories. On a different picket line outside Universal Studios, TV writer Lanett Tachel said she's worried studios will hire fewer writers to simply doctor up whatever machines come up with. In the movies and on TV, writers have envisioned AI as sinister, like in The Terminator, or traitorous, like in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, or even empathetic, like in the film Her. Scott (R) pickets outside of Sony Pictures. Comedy writer Miranda Berman (L) holds a picket sign outside of Paramount Pictures this week. ![]()
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