The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: A New Reality

Los Angeles, CA – The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries across the globe, and there’s no doubt it’s putting many jobs at risk. High-paying professions, such as radiologists who read medical images like x-rays, CAT scans, and MRIs, are discovering that AI can interpret these images with greater accuracy. The medical community is just beginning to feel the effects of this change, and it’s clear the landscape will continue to evolve rapidly.

The legal profession is also being turned upside down by AI. Lawyers, once considered irreplaceable for their expertise, are finding that AI can offer legal advice, generate documents, and guide individuals through complex legal processes. With a few prompts, people can have AI draft legal filings and tell them how to proceed, essentially transforming them into their own legal advocates. The era where AI can turn anyone into a virtual Clarence Darrow is upon us.

The entertainment industry is another sector facing major disruption. AI has the potential to replace screenwriters and create stories on demand, threatening the livelihood of many creative professionals. The Screen Actors Guild and other unions are pushing for legal protections against the encroachment of AI, hoping to shield actors and other creatives from job loss.

However, these efforts may be in vain. AI, as a form of expression, is likely protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, meaning attempts to regulate or limit its use face significant legal hurdles. While unions and professionals may fight to slow AI’s takeover, the technology is here to stay, and it’s reshaping the job market in profound ways.

The takeaway is simple: those who learn how to use AI effectively will thrive, while those who resist or fail to adapt may find themselves left behind. As AI becomes more integrated into daily life, mastering it is no longer optional—it’s essential. In this new era, understanding AI will be as fundamental as reading and writing.

HOLLYWOOD DREAMS, SAG-AFTRA AND IT’S LABOR SRIKE

Los Angeles, CA--Let me begin by saying I’m a member in good standing with SAG-AFTRA.  I began with SAG and later a merger with its weak sister, AFTRA happened.  SAG is for theatrical performers, film actors, voiceover and commercial actors.  

 

AFTRA is for TV or radio news reporters, anchors and some television actors. Only a tiny percentage of them have and financially successful careers. 

 

AFTRA representation is crappy.  For example, there are TV news reporters that qualify for food stamps in LA.  I can’t remember when AFTRA didn’t simply cave into the desires of the production companies.  

 

That SAG-AFTRA merger destroyed the SAG health insurance leaving many working and retired actors in a sudden financial hotspot.  

 

What most people don't know is that only a tiny percentage of the sag actors are multi-millionaires.  There are working actors that although are not well known get work almost every day.  The other members are virtually unemployed because they lack talent or don't have effective theatrical agents.  They scrounge for crumbs occasionally getting work. Most actors are really gamblers hoping that they can somehow beat the house and get rich.

 

The biggest roadblock is that the union does not seriously crack down on scab work.  Desperate and hungry actors really have no choice but to do commercials for snake oil drug products and those annoying infomercials. Of course, they are paid near to nothing and get no residuals as these commercials are played repetitively and endlessly.  Imagine trying to be a screen idol as your face is continually broadcast on the television airwaves for months touting a drug for bladder control or erectile dysfunction.

 

SAG-AFTRA understandably does not want to hurt their members by enforcing rule #1.  However, no enforcement is much worse because the production companies then gleefully rip-off hungry actors waiting in cattle call lines for any work. It is a lose, lose situation except for the producers.  

 

Smart performers have day or better yet night jobs.  

 

The A&B list actors don't want or need to go out on strike because they are living comfortably in the rarefied air of Beverly Hills or Calabasas.

 

The other actors that don't get enough work need to be paid much better so that they can keep roofs over their heads.  Imagine for a second watching a movie where the only actors are the top stars. It just would never work without the other actors filling in the scenes.

 

As you can see there is truly a Boulevard of Broken Dreams in Hollywood.  It’s also loaded with too many producers and casting directors, both Gay and straight with their pants down selling film roles for flesh.  

 

With progress in technology every job faces amazing changes. Now we have artificial intelligence that will write the film scripts and give us theatrical performers as real as any you have ever seen.  That gives us to wonder what the industry will be like in another 20 years.

 

I will be on the picket line in the current extreme heat to support my brothers and sisters.

Why Dick Wolf’s TV Show, Chicago Justice Failed

Chicago, IL—Dick Wolfe is a prolific and wildly successful writer and producer.  Everything he puts a pen to, is absolutely golden.  That is,  except his offering called, Chicago Justice. 

Wolf replaced the grit and smell of courtrooms and death with silk stockinged lawyers from Ivy League schools working as prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers.  That’s just not Chicago.  

If you’ve ever been in a Cook County Criminal Court the first thing you notice is the lawyers, especially the males dress down.  They for the most part attended the local law schools like DePaul, John Marshall and ITT Chicago Kent.  These schools are more affordable but the alumni find that their job offers are limited.  Let me make it clear that many terrific and dedicated lawyers attend these schools.

Dick Wolf’s legal offices and courtroom settings all have new, polished and tasteful décor.  That’s just not Cook County!  Wolf’s TV lawyers are what you’d see in civil cases where millions of dollars are at stake and they dress the part.

Chicago’s criminal lawyers are local lads that attend Cubs games, eat hotdogs and drink beer.  These lawyers are not known for their expensive suit labels but far from it.  There are of course the occasional mob lawyers or white-collar crime specialists that fit inside Dick Wolf’s legal world.  

The files handled by Chicago criminal lawyers are almost all in in tattered folders.  Plea agreements are cut in the hallways or even local watering holes where the lawyers meet after work.  Very few criminal cases are actually tried before a judge or jury.  It may not look pretty but at least its real.  

Chicago crimes are despicable as are most of the defendants.  In Cook County the vast majority of defendants are African-American, angry and poor.  Frankly they actually have a foul odor about them.  They hate their public defenders as well as the whole world.  You can’t put lipstick on this pig and then make this kind of thing believable.

A better title might have been Chicago Injustice.  If the public really knew what goes on in Chicago Criminal Courts, they’d be shocked. Political decisions have replaced concerns for public safety. 

Chicago’s politicians would go out of their way to destroy Wolf’s Chicago Franchise if he refused to sanitize the much darker reality.  

I’m convinced if I were writing and producing Chicago PD, Chicago Fire and Chicago Justice it would get worldwide attention. 

I auditioned for Chicago Justice.  The show was cancelled before I could get any consideration. Frankly the show was a clinker.  Here is my audition that I also wrote. I’m a felony review supervisor explaining to a young cop’s mother why I let three thugs go that are suspected of critically wounding her son.  The implied hint is that this was more about race relations and politics than justice.