#101: We've all heard everyone's hot takes in recent months about AI, ChatGPT and other developments in machine learning.

AI has also been a key point in negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. AND one of the many reasons writers have been on strike since the start of May.

But can AI really write the next critical hit? 

Today, we explore what artificial intelligence really is, how technology like ChatGPT is changing the game and how this currently does -- and does NOT -- impact creative writing jobs.  

Guests: Meredith Broussard, data journalism professor at New York University; Mike Ananny, associate professor of communication and journalism at University of Southern California