Generative Disorder: How AI is changing the role of screenwriters

Hollywood’s actors and writers may have reached an understanding with the studios regarding the use of artificial intelligence, but many questions about the intersection of the technology with industry remain. Sean Slatter explores balancing generative AI with Australian copyright law.

In 2017, Anton Andreacchio gave a talk in Los Angeles about how natural language processing techniques were being used to support the screenplay adaptation of a popular young-adult novel series.

At the start of his speech, the A...