The writers strike has little to do with "AI" and a lot to do with getting paid for shows on streaming services. Tech media has ran wild with the AI angle because it's attention-grabbing, but it's far from being the most important demand.
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That, and writing teams getting hired for entire productions/seasons vs. treating each script and rewrite like one-off gig work.
Also, I really doubt the streaming companies and such are even as profitable as they say. Plenty of book cooking.
It was also primed to take on the next big thing at the same time. Fighting this hard over streaming rights and ignoring AI makes no sense.