Tech Disrupted Hollywood. AI Almost Destroyed It

The thread was 10 tweets long--verbose by X standards--and 219 words, but there was just one word that stuck out. The message, posted on the @SAG-AFTRA account, summed up everything the actors union had fought to get in the tentative agreement with Hollywood studios. In the context of the rapid rise of generative AI, it's worth reading in full: "We have achieved a deal of extraordinary scope that includes'above-pattern' minimum compensation increases, unprecedented provisions for consent and compensation that will protect members from the threat of AI, and for the first time establishes a streaming participation bonus." "Threat," of course, is how many people have come to view artificial intelligence. US president Joe Biden's recent executive order on the technology was seen as, in part, a way to address the risks the technology presents to national security.