Jack Thorne warns some fellow scriptwriters are using AI ‘to cheat’
Screenwriter Jack Thorne, known for co-writing Netflix's Adolescence, has called on the UK government to pass laws requiring disclosure when AI is used to generate scripts, accusing some colleagues of secretly using the technology in ways he considers dishonest.
Why this matters: This is a disclosure argument, not just an industry squabble. If a script is sold as a writer's work but was largely generated by AI, the buyer, the audience, and collaborators are all being misled. That is a straightforward honesty problem. Thorne is also pointing at something bigger: AI tools are trained on existing creative work without clear consent or compensation, which means writers are funding the very thing being used to replace them. A disclosure law would not solve that, but it would at least make the practice visible.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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