So, apparently Tony Gilroy is more determined to protect his scripts than a mother hen guarding her chicks. Yep, the mastermind behind the hit series *Andor* is scrapping his plans to publish a treasure trove of 1,500 pages of scripts. His reason? The fear that AI wannabes would gobble them up and use them as training data.
At a recent Emmy event, Gilroy revealed that he initially had dreams of launching a free website showcasing all of Andor’s scripts and concept art. Whatever happened to sharing is caring, right? But now he’s saying, “Why help the fucking robots anymore than you can?” Talk about a plot twist! Gilroy isn’t alone in this stand-off; many creatives are raising their voices against AI using their work without consent.
Directors like Christopher Nolan have blurted out that the lack of accountability in AI is downright terrifying. Meanwhile, Charlie Brooker, creator of *Black Mirror*, labeled a ChatGPT-generated script as “shit.” Ouch.
But studios are shamelessly cozying up to AI advancements, with Lionsgate and Disney exploring AI partnerships to spice up their content game—while some creatives are just trying to shield their work from the digital carnivores. The recent WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes centered on these very fears of AI creatively colonizing human-made scripts.
Let’s cut to the chase: as AI grows like a weed in a garden, it’s after our creative crops—scripts, books, you name it. Legal battles are brewing faster than a coffee at a programming boot camp, with NYT vs. OpenAI and several authors throwing punches over copyright issues. For now, folks are siding with Gilroy: let’s keep the robots off our radar… and our scripts.
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