"actually, you can't use a machine (generative AI) to replace the work of a screenwriter, and if you want any screenwriters, you'll have to agree to ~arbitrary limits on the use of that technology." OH nooooooo, the efficiency losses. (what I'm saying is that this dynamic is to be expected.)

It's reasonable to characterize this dynamic as one of the "costs" of increased power held by labor. But this cost is not "an emergency" AND it should be weighed against other hidden costs e. G. "the cost of corporations shifting money into sectors of the economy that only hedge funds care about."