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- Screenwriters should not be afraid of AI, legacy screenwriter Richard Walter told Insider.
- The chairman of UCLA's film program said writers may find AI tools useful despite their flaws.
- Walter's thoughts come as WGA members are striking, in part, to set standards for the use of AI.
Should screenwriters be afraid of artificial intelligence? Richard Walter, the 79-year-old chair of the screenwriting program at UCLA, doesn't think so.
"Writers should not fear it," Walter told Insider regarding AI.