What the Writers Strike Really Is: The First of the Major American A.I. Strikes

As of today, Hollywood writers are on strike. The Writers Guild of America, the nation’s largest creative writers union, walked off the job as of midnight. Laptops shut. Pencils down. Which effectively means Hollywood is shuttered. Again. How long it will last is up in the air. Fifteen years ago, a writers strike lasted three months. The guild’s longest…