Justine Bateman Wants to “Give a Book of Matches” to the Tech Companies So They Can Burn Down Hollywood

When it comes to Hollywood’s AI future, few have been more vocal —  or critical — than Justine Bateman.

Armed with a computer science degree from UCLA, the veteran actor-filmmaker has sounded an alarm about the dangers of replacing human work with machine fabrication. She became a lead voice, particularly during the strikes, when she advised SAG-AFTRA on the issue and was often a public face of the AI-skeptic movement on the WGA picket line.

Bateman is the founder of…