The Hollywood Strikes Stopped AI From Taking Your Job. But for How Long?

Revolt against the machines began at Swingers. And at Bob's Big Boy, where for weeks Drew Carey picked up the tab. Members of the Writers Guild of America, or WGA, met at both Los Angeles-area diners frequently during their 148-day strike, which hinged on protecting Hollywood's scribes from being overrun by the march of artificial intelligence. Members of the WGA were just a small part of the resistance. The Screen Actors Guild--American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, soon joined them on the picket lines, together forming a formidable uprising against the perceived threat of AI.