‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs

Hollywood creatives, including award-winning writers, directors, and producers, are taking on temporary work to train AI models to replicate their professional skills. This gig work, paying between $12 and $200 an hour, involves teaching AI the nuances of tasks such as screenwriting and devising shooting schedules. This trend is emerging amidst a job slump in the entertainment industry and tightening earnings, leading some professionals to describe it as contributing to the obsolescence of their own professions. The situation highlights a complex dilemma where creatives are, by training AI, potentially enabling technology to perform the very jobs they currently hold.