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Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by trompetenaccoun »

tunnuz wrote: post #83
robga wrote: post #72

Writing the script for a Seinfeld scene was one of the first use cases I tried on chatgpt last year. I kept a copy. There is some sort of intersection between A Show About Nothing and an AI that creates empty responses from everything. INT. MONK'S CAFE - DAY Jerry, George, and Elaine are sitting at a table. Kramer enters and sits down. Kramer: Hey, guys. Jerry: Hey, what's up, Kramer? Kramer: I've been having some tr…

Same! With a good prompt it can produce something quite uncanny.

Maybe because mainstream comedy shows all follow canned patterns with lame and unoriginal jokes. To the point that even a machine can write a script that sounds very similar. Stuff like Friends or Big Bang Theory would probably work very well too.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by mrob »

zuminator wrote: post #42
MexicanJoe wrote: post #9

If only it was funny

It makes me think of the early days of cinema. It took a while for things to fall into place. Even things that are considered masterpieces like "Metropolis" are a bit weird in contemporary terms; set pieces go on way too long, serious moments sometimes come off as comical, actors stare into the camera, etc. It's not hard to imagine that the non-masterpiece run of the mill stuff was nigh unwatchable in today's terms.…

>actors stare into the camera

I think this should be used more often. In modern film it's mostly used for forth wall breaking as a cheap joke, but the acclaimed Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu often used the technique for a kind of "VR" effect, to make the viewer feel like they're present in the scene. The characters address the camera directly but they don't show any awareness of the camera. If you haven't already, I recommend watching "Tokyo Story" to see how it's done. It places highly on many "best movies of all time" lists, and despite the slow pacing and lack of action I found it surprisingly compelling.

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Post by dvngnt_ »

ricardobeat wrote: post #97
urbandw311er wrote: post #86

Great. Now I’m going to be haunted by a recurring dystopian vision of the future in which all content (even broadcast TV) is pumped out this way to maximise profits. Humans won’t use their brains for creativity anymore. Instead, new ideas will be seeded deep inside a neural network somewhere, and our reactions will be monitored and used as one constant feedback loop. Until we are ultimately just sat drooling and gigg…

You just described YouTube & TikTok. We’re here already, except we did it by crowdsourcing instead of AI.

both platforms are filled with extremely talented comedians, dancers, musicians, and artists

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by brap »

This is hilarious, especially as a hardcore Seinfeld fan, but the thing that really cracks me up is the live reactions in the Twitch chat.

I just wish they use AI to also get the voices right. Then maybe one day stable diffusion can be good enough to generate the video too...

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by kristiandupont »

TekMol wrote: post #7

I saw the name "Seinfeld" a thousand times here and there on the web. But never looked it up. Now I took a peek for the first time. First video that pops up is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYgFmP03biw So it is something like Al Bundy? A soap opera? If someone makes an Al Bundy version, it certainly should be called "AI Bundy".

Your comment reminds me of this Onion article: https://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-d...
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