Well that was unexpectedly awesome. It's useful to read even for people doing enterprise AI work, just to understand the workflow that went into improving the output quality.<p>I've been dreaming about this possibility since about the release of GPT-2, amazing to see someone made it. The current status-quo is very dissatisfying: sci-fi is only really made by a handful of huge US networks that insist on filling stories with useless but pervasive, offensive and ham-fisted attempts at social engineering. Beyond being bad in its own right it often breaks the script, e.g. you can guess who is going to end up being be a bad and good character just from their race and gender, making it hard for script writers to genuinely surprise you.<p>That said, I don't think having AI write the scripts from scratch is the right way to go here. The dialogue for the first episode still smells of RLHF, with characters being far too complimentary to each other and having bizarre verbal ticks. And is it needed? The world is full of people with smart stories who want to tell them, but we're in an era when reading is in decline. So the most interesting part of this is all the tooling that comes after that point: the rug smoothing, the AI-generated voice acting and especially the game engine based renderer that can generate videos given simple instructions. The blog posts sort of glide over that part, I guess due to the author's background in game engine development, but it seems the most useful part actually.<p>The key here is going to be connecting people with different skills in an open-source or more YouTube like system that allows people to remix each other's show kits (bibles, 3D objects, scene lots etc), so someone who develops a great world can accept fan episodes written with that show kit and then share in the monetization of them. Something like that would make story telling way more decentralized and allow it to get somehow "back to reality".
For those interested - you can see actual episodes here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@OnScreenShow" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@OnScreenShow</a><p>It's interesting to consider "AI as its own genre" rather than "AI replacing mainstream content" - like how cheap animation enabled the anime genre or cheap filmmaking enabled the indie genre.
I was disappointed at the black mirror new season, so I asked gpt to write a new episode synopsis and it was actually more interesting to me than any of the last seasons episodes!<p>Title: "Retrospect"<p>In the near future, a tech company called "MemorEase" creates a device named "Retrospect", a neuro-implant that allows individuals to vividly relive past memories. The device grows immensely popular, as people enjoy the nostalgic journeys back in time.<p>The protagonist, Jill, is a middle-aged woman who's struggling with the recent loss of her husband, Max. She decides to get the implant to relive her precious memories with him.<p>However, as she revisits her past, she starts noticing anomalies - small discrepancies in her memories. Certain scenes play out differently, some events she doesn't remember at all, and in others, Max behaves in ways she doesn't recall.<p>Jill contacts MemorEase, and they reassure her that Retrospect can't alter memories, it merely reveals them in their truest form. Jill grows paranoid and starts investigating. She finds a forum of other Retrospect users who have experienced similar anomalies.<p>Jill and her forum friends uncover that Retrospect is actually accessing the collective memory of its users, amalgamating all the memories into a unified version of the past. They find that MemorEase is subtly influencing this collective memory to rewrite history, shaping public opinion and manipulating power dynamics for unknown reasons.<p>They decide to expose MemorEase but face the dilemma of convincing a society that trusts the "reality" presented by Retrospect more than their own recollections. The episode ends on a suspenseful note, with Jill and her group preparing to disrupt a major MemorEase event, planning to wake the public up to the manipulation they've been subjected to.<p><a href="https://mleverything.substack.com/p/we-should-just-let-gpt-write-black" rel="nofollow">https://mleverything.substack.com/p/we-should-just-let-gpt-w...</a>
This is the future. I think that in 3-4 years we'll all be able to generate our own TV shows, share them with friends, and collaborate on getting new seasons done, maybe even sell them. Personally, my entire digital shelf of show would be bleak dystopian sci-fi.
Quite close to this topic, someone did kind of fantasy (not so) short stories with video all AI generated:<p><a href="https://youtube.com/@WardenCinematics" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/@WardenCinematics</a>
I oncde tried to make ChatGPT output a transcript for a TV show called "The Cardassians", about the exploits of Gul Dukat and his wealthy family. Thought it would be funnier than it ended up being.
It's good AIslop is labeled for now, as if it's a novelty worth pursuing. But when this meaningless, demonic horror show takes over most entertainment, people will be less amused.<p>I for one do not look at AI-generated images, listen to AI-generated sounds or music, watch AI videos, and other than the various bots and shills online in forums like this, I do not interact with AI chat bots. Imagine filling your brain with generated garbage.