Jena Friedman

Artificial intelligence is really changing my industry.

That's partly what last year's writer's strike was about, putting limits on the use of AI as it pertains to TV and film.

And if there's anyone here under 25, TV and film ... are like TikTok, but you get paid for it.

Thankfully, we won that strike.

Yes, our win was as effective at protecting the careers of human writers from AI as pouring water on a laptop.

The future for television writers is so bleak, it has inspired me to get back into stand-up.

Which is why I'm here at TED.

I have been told before that some of my stand-up comedy is like a TED Talk, from mean people on the internet.

But at least they didn't call me fat.

Being a woman online is fun.

A lot of my friends are really afraid of artificial intelligence right now.

Sorry, a lot of my male friends are really afraid of AI.

My female friends have other, more frivolous concerns, like getting home safely, but my male friends ... are so scared of robots.

And I get it.

I've seen Ex Machina.

If you haven't seen it, Ex Machina is a dystopian sci-fi horror movie about a sentient robot who has to flirt with her captor to escape her prison, which is pretty much every woman's first job.

How is that a horror movie?

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when the director pitched it.

Was he just like, picture your worst nightmare.

Your sex robot becomes conscious.