smarmageddon

What do you think is the primary driver behind the desire to believe that UFOs are actually spaceships with alien beings at the controls? It doesn't make practical or scientific sense for that to be the case (though robotic ships are certainly not out of the question), but people seem to love that idea.

Seems like it's in the studios' interests to obfuscate or downplay the practicality of AI tools, which would play right into writers' denial of the tools' usefulness. Regardless of what the WGA knows about current AI tech or what it may become in the very near future, it appears they are arguing over where to plant a bag of seedlings, with scant idea of what those seedlings will grow into. I don't see any practical way to build legally-binding walls around this tech with our current knowledge of its potential.

While I totally support their strike, how do they expect to accurately evaluate & incorporate AI issues or its consequences when the tech is relatively new, at least in the mainstream? It seems risky to try to get assurances from studios about a technology that most people have no idea how it works or what its potential ramifications are.

When you got your hospital bill did you ask to be put back into a coma?

If we stick to the "it's aliens in a ship" theory, it's easy to doubt since they would (presumably) be functioning under the same laws of physics that we are. Sure, they'd obviously know a lot more about physics, like how to possibly bypass that whole light-speed limit, but that's a big "if." Problem with any inter-dimensional theory is that it's completely untestable at this time. It's fun to think about, but unless the beings land their Tardis on the White House lawn and give us a tour, it's impossible to verify.