“In the vast majority of cases, AI is not going to replace your job. But it will make your job a lot shittier. What actors and writers are fighting for is a future that doesn’t relegate humans to babysitting scriptwriting and acting algorithms, available on call but only paid when the media synthesis machines glitch out. We’re already seeing this in domains as diverse as journalism, legal services, and the taxi industry. While executives suggest that AI is going to be a labor-saving device, in reality it is meant to be a labor-breaking one.”