That's cool Fran Drescher is the SAG president. Didn't know that. I did know she doesn't really have "The Nanny" voice but I did read her quotes in that voice. Just sticks with you.
It may not be capable yet, but in time you could easily feed an AI all of say, Scorseses filmography and then ask it to make you a movie with X plot in his style and it will spit one out. Probably won’t be great cinema but studio heads don’t care if people pay to see it
I was thinking about this earlier, and what will I watch for the foreseeable future if this happens.....guess YouTube content will get a huge bump if there are no more TV shows or movies to watch.
The last strike brought us some really fantastic content, such as Dr Horribles Sing-a-long Blog and The Guild. I imagine we'll see a resurgence of creator-driven projects that are directly supported by audiences.
In today's world with tools like Patreon available, I suspect writers and actors can invent income streams outside of the Hollywood studio complex.