Soap writers are fearing for their jobs over suggestions that AI bots could write scripts for EastEnders and Coronation Street.
As AI and machine learning integrate more into everyday life, those working in the creative industries fear that their jobs are at risk.
Soap opera shows are so formulaic that apps such as ChatGPT could easily be trained to pump out endless plots and dialogue based on simple templates.
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ChatGPT works by using deep learning algorithms to harbour data, which it then uses to generate human-like responses to a wide range of human questions and prompts
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A unnamed source working in TV commented: “Soaps are catnip for AI.
“There is a massive amount of plotlines and scripts on reserve that can be fed into their systems to train them how to write future episodes.
“The fact they can be trained in past plotlines and structures could very quickly make human scriptwriters on the shows totally redundant.”
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The insider explained that soaps such as the BBC’s Doctors, Channel 4’s Hollyoaks and even detective dramas may soon be using AI apps to churn out “reliable” scripts.
They commented that AI bots could become the preferred option for writing, due to their knowledge being “historically accurate in terms of the shows’ past episodes”.
The fears emerged as more than 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike this week.
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The WGA is partly fighting to protect livelihoods from AI, whose work it has compared to plagiarism.
The organisation is also disputing residuals from streaming media, which it claims have slashed writers’ average income, compared to a decade ago.
A recent Goldman-Sachs study found that AI tools could replace 300-million jobs worldwide, leading to a potential global employment crisis never seen before.
Research by Insider has suggested the top 10 industries most likely to be replaced by AI bots are in tech, media, law, market research, teaching, finance, trading, graphic design, accounting, and customer service.
Many people close to AI, including its creators, have warned of its dangers.
Billionaire Warren Buffet, the world’s sixth richest man (according to Forbes) has described ChatGPT to the creation of the “atom bomb”.
The “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton has quit his role at Google’s AI development team, citing his regrets about the “potential dangers” of the technology and “scary” chatbots.
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