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Hollywood writers went on strike to protect their livelihoods from generative AI. Their remarkable victory matters for all workers.
RESEARCH April 12, 2024 TV writer Jackie Penn | Photo credit: Phil Cheung April 2024 Growing up in a working-class immigrant family in Queens, N.Y., Danny Tolli dreamed of a career in television. “I was a storyteller straight out of the womb,” Tolli told me in November.
For instance, a studio that has a long-running procedural show with established characters and a formulaic storytelling style—like “Law and Order” or a vault of princess movies and superhero franchises—could train an AI model on its existing scripts and generate a first draft of a new episode or film. Thanks to Leigh Balon, Alan Berube, Xavier de Souza Briggs, Walter Frick, David Goodman, Glencora Haskins, Tom Kochan, Mark Muro, and Bharat Ramamurti for helpful feedback on the report draft. Thanks in particular to Lauren Alexander, Anmol Chaddha, Laura Chavez-Varela, Anamitra Deb, Beth Kanter, Alexis Krieg, Mike Kubzansky, Michele Jawando, and Tracy Williams for recognizing the importance of worker storytelling and for supporting this series.
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