Champaign Voices

Hollywood Writers and Studios Clash Again Over AI Script Helpers

Published: June 14, 2026

Labor talks reignited around how much artificial intelligence can touch a screenplay before someone has to admit the robot wrote the quippy sidekick. What do you think?

“If the robot writes it, can it also sit through the credits?”

“I can already tell when a joke was written by a committee of ghosts.”

“Pay writers. Robots don't need craft services.”