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Jeff Roberts's avatar

Great piece. The last line is a real lightbulb moment. Constricting monetization opportunities is a clever regulatory route.

And I love the connect to satisficing. The perfect explanation of LLM as tool.

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Jason Mittell's avatar

I definitely think the TV industry sees opportunities to use AI to generate the satisfictory(?) script, and then hire a writer to punch it up - much cheaper than asking a team of writers to spend weeks generating the original ideas. Netflix has built its business model on producing a quantity of satisficing programming, with occasionally great series mixed in, and lots of that wouldn't be much worse with punched-up AI. I imagine AI being most useful for writing for genre where the writing is meant to be more instrumental than artful: kids' shows, cooking shows, reality TV, home improvement, etc. - and most of all, advertising copy.

Supporting the WGA is a great way to constrict monetization!

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