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

Award-winning Hollywood writers, directors, and producers are taking temporary work paying $12 to $200 an hour to train AI models to replicate their skills, a trend one participant likened to being 'handed a shovel and asked to dig the grave of my profession.' The gigs, which include teaching screenwriting and production tasks, come amid a jobs slump in the entertainment industry, as reported by The Guardian.

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‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
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By Robert Booth UK technology editorSource:

The Guardian TechnologyAmid a jobs slump, award-winning writers, directors and producers taking on sometimes lucrative temp work teaching AI skills such as screenwriting and production

Hollywood creatives are taking gig work to train AI models to replicate their skills in a bid to offset tightening earnings in a trend one compared to being “handed a shovel and asked to dig the grave of my profession”.

Experienced and award-winning writers, directors and producers are being paid from $12 to $200 an hour to teach AI models the intricacies of their jobs, from writing a screenplay to devising a shooting schedule.

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