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that tweet going around saying "the most important thing the WGA negotiations achieved is that novels written by LLMs cannot be optioned for film adaptations" is such a fuckin lamebrained take
like, what universe does this guy live in?
most novels that are written are not published. most published novels do not sell. most published novels that *do* sell are never optioned for any kind of adaptation. most that are optioned never have an adaptation attempted. most attempted adaptations never get to the point of footage being filmed.
people write novels for fun, and no generative technique (including LLMs) can write a novel as good as the untrained amateur's nanowrimo trunk book that no publisher will touch.
will people use LLMs to self-publish trash? yes, because they're not paying the full price of LLM computing resources, so they can make a profit on people blind-buying and not bothering to ask for a refund. but movie production is super fucking expensive.
in other words: film adaptations of LLM output is not a real problem.
this framing also distracts from (and adds to) the real problem: LLM hype means that when suits decide to re-classify writers as script doctors for LLM output, people won't realize that actually those writers are doing exactly what they were doing before (more or less writing the whole thing over from scratch) but are being paid less for it.
like, what universe does this guy live in?
most novels that are written are not published. most published novels do not sell. most published novels that *do* sell are never optioned for any kind of adaptation. most that are optioned never have an adaptation attempted. most attempted adaptations never get to the point of footage being filmed.
people write novels for fun, and no generative technique (including LLMs) can write a novel as good as the untrained amateur's nanowrimo trunk book that no publisher will touch.
will people use LLMs to self-publish trash? yes, because they're not paying the full price of LLM computing resources, so they can make a profit on people blind-buying and not bothering to ask for a refund. but movie production is super fucking expensive.
in other words: film adaptations of LLM output is not a real problem.
this framing also distracts from (and adds to) the real problem: LLM hype means that when suits decide to re-classify writers as script doctors for LLM output, people won't realize that actually those writers are doing exactly what they were doing before (more or less writing the whole thing over from scratch) but are being paid less for it.