SAG joined the WGA in striking against the AMPTP, will the Film Industry ever recover

So yesterday, July 13th 2023, SAG Struck against the AMPTP joining the WGA in a historic labor strike. Now this strike seemed inevetible after the backlash to the WGA President Fran Dreshers video saying how swimmingly the negotiations were going, and especially after the comically ridiculous DEADLINE article, "Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall." (And no I don't think the AMPTP planted this). My big question is what this will do to the future of the industry. Having lived through the 1990's Commercial SAG Strike and then the threat of the Writer's strike that basically completely killed the commercial production industry as it was in Southern California. I went from being able to work 365 days a year to barely being able to get work practically overnight, and that was when I left commercial production and got into non-union editing. Now the Unions are absolutely right that they deserve to get the streaming numbers so they can see what residuals they are owed, but honestly I am not sure that they studios even understand their streaming numbers, or they would tout them at least on some shows! You don't think Apple would want to tout how many people are watching Ted Lasso? Or Netflix on Stranger Things? And the AI thing is certainly being blown out of proportion at least where the technology is right now, as AI can't currently replace anyone. And before the next contract in 3 years it is certainly not going to be able to replace either writers or actors. And I really don't get the completely different statements on it from AMPTP and SAG. The AMPTP says that they are protecting digital likenesses and requiring consent, while SAG says that they will take background performers likenesses and own them forever. And the Studios need to realize they can't keep actors likenesses forever in any circumstances. Still I think something can be something worked out, but yes you can bet than in the future background performances will often be digital, just like crowds have been with Massive from WETA since Lord of the Ring, but if they are based on a performers likeness that performer needs to be paid and credited, no matter what. Yes eventually Teamsters will be replaced by self driving trucks. I mean Teamsters don't even help load and unload the trucks they drive, so if you could have a self driving truck, why wouldn't the studios do that? But replacing an actor, technology wise we really are not there yet. How much money did they spend on Indiana Jones The Dial of Destiny to de-age Harrison Ford and it was no where near there for me. And as for Artificial Intelligence writing scripts, the studio does own the scripts they have purchased for writers, so some day they will want to use them to train AI, as they own them. And writers are terrified of that, but we are certainly not there,…