Hollywood unions push back on AI doomerism, urging focus on jobs already at risk
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-09-19
As the tech sector sounds alarms about AI's existential risks, entertainment labor groups are urging the public to focus on harms already happening.
- The Verge asked Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Lionsgate and AI film startups using AI for comment on the recent warnings — none responded
- SAG-AFTRA and WGAE did respond, arguing attention should go to present-day job and rights impacts rather than doomsday narratives
- The piece details the AI tools actually being used in entertainment and their effect on workers
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