Hollywood Screenwriters Are Secretly Taking Low-Paid AI Training Gigs to Survive
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Summary
A Hollywood screenwriter reveals that many TV and film writers are secretly taking underpaid AI training gigs as a survival job, comparing it to waiting tables. The author describes completing 20 such contracts across five platforms in eight months, characterizing the work as soul-crushing and exploitative.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables.
In eight months, I've done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms.
Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
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