May 19, 2023 · Episode 406

Supreme Court Saves Social Media, Montana Bans TikTok, and Sam Altman Wants AI Regulation

3 predictions · 0–3 · 0% accuracy

Scott's predictions3

The Hollywood studios will successfully outlast and defeat the WGA in the 2023 writers' strike, with the outcome being poor for the writers.
“the studios are gonna slowly but surely, quietly, they are going to break their backs. And this is gonna end really poorly for the writers.”
Media · Judgment call · by Dec 31, 2023 (inferred)
Didn’t happenResolved Sep 27, 2023
Studios will stall negotiations with the WGA without committing to real concessions until financial pressure on individual writers (e.g., inability to pay rent) forces the union to settle.
“they're gonna do nothing. And then when a bunch of the the riders that are gonna be replaced by AI anyways start thinking, I can't pay my rent and start putting pressure on the union to settle,”
Media · Judgment call · by Dec 31, 2023 (inferred)
Didn’t happenResolved Sep 27, 2023
The 2023 WGA writers' strike will end with the writers' union agreeing to a contract that is worse than the deal they had before the strike began.
“the union's gonna end up with a worse deal than they had going into this thing.”
Media · Judgment call · by Dec 31, 2023 (inferred)
Didn’t happenResolved Sep 27, 2023