Back in February, Hollywood received a message from the future: “I hate to say it, but it’s likely over for us.” This came from Wolverine & Deadpool screenwriter Rhett Reese in response to a clip posted on Twitter by the Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson. The AI-generated video, as you’ve almost certainly seen, depicted a fight between Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise atop what appeared to be a Roman ruin set somewhat perplexingly against the New York City skyline. The clip seemed to represent a huge leap forward in AI-generated video, with high production values and realistic facial expression and movement. It looked like a movie. An expensive one. While some commenters were critical, the quality of the video represented a quantum leap forward from the famously crude early AI videos depicting Will Smith eating spaghetti. Anyone who extrapolated that progress into the future could see that it wouldn’t be long — a year, months, weeks — before anyone could generate movies on their home computer that once cost $200M or more at no cost. For screenwriters like Mr. Reese and myself, and for everyone else who …