We talk about AI as if it were outside and inside, in the marrow of the system, perhaps at the center of our hearts. It is artificial intelligence that decides whether the bank will give you a loan or not. That all says it all, as credit is the opposite of discredit. Who wants to live without dignity? For some reason, Hollywood screenwriters have a clause inserted into their agreements that try to exclude this when writing or revising scripts. They want to evacuate, but it is only possible to evacuate those who are already housed. Under this agreement, producers will not be able to resort to it, but nothing will prevent writers from asking for help in case of creative paralysis. The authors briefly prohibit the employer from using it, but they do not discourage using it themselves. On the other hand, how can we prevent this when relationships between the user and the AI are intimate in nature because they occur in the short space between the head and the computer screen? Currently I’m asking ChatGPT:
-Will there be a record of our conversations? Are you going to tell anyone what we talked about?
And he answers me:
-No, there will be no record of our conversations and I will not tell anyone what we talked about. I respect the privacy and confidentiality of user conversations, and my design focuses on providing useful answers without storing personal information or revealing conversations to third parties. Rest assured that our interactions are private and will not be shared with anyone.
You see, my bosses will never know. ChatGPT is more private than your brother-in-law (or I’m not sure). Definitely much more than mine. So who’s to stop a screenwriter from Hollywood or anywhere else in the world from sleeping with her (or her)?
What Hollywood screenwriters are saying is as if doctors were banning researchers from using AI to study diseases. Or as if architects were deprived of access by law when designing a space. Maybe it should be done, but they should explain to us why.