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Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Wow, I thought also the super spammy lol chat is AI generated as well, but it seems people find this really funny? I mean most of the ""jokes"" do not even have a bad punch line. That's the only thing I can lol at now, why wtf?

The chat collectively playing in to the nonsense is all part of the experience.

MST3K, Rocky Horror, The Room, etc.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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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...

I'd argue that the stylistic suck is the best part of this. It being so obviously fake makes you subconsciously lower your expectations and then when an actually good joke hits it throws you off guard and makes you laugh. Combined with the random laugh track, awkward pauses, and crappy animation it really stands out for itself and offers a unique viewing experience that you can't really have anywhere else. The voices need the be wrong because otherwise it's uncanny valley territory and therefore not funny.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Your suggestions are all british, Seinfeld is obviously american. Maybe what the other person was trying to say was "Seinfeld was the first good american sitcom". Maybe it's the typical US = The World issue :)

Sure but I included a couple of US ones myself as a starter, it was still a daft thing to say.

I think my brain just completely skipped the last line where you mentioned the US shows, my bad. Probably thought the comment was over after reading 'etc' twice :D

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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This is probably the first time I've encountered something where "It's so bad that it's good" makes sense to me. I could not stop laughing. The exterior shot with the Seinfeld-inspired music. The laugh track at inappropriate times. They talk about going to a sushi restaurant, and when they've finally agreed to go, they sit down and don't go anywhere. This is like the alien scientists who want to bring back humans aft…

There was a skit just now where they talked about going to a comedy show. Of course the scene cut and they didn't actually go. Except three skits later they talked about "the comedy show we just went to". The singularity is now.

You've been watching the comedy show this whole time

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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So, recently, I accidentally stumbled into an almost bottomless pit of romantic comedies on an amazon prime "channel" called PixL. It has a ridiculously large quantity of low-value sort-of-OK content that all kind of bleeds together if you squint. I watch a lot of TV/movies, and it is mostly something to deal with me feeling lonely (which is probably a bad thing to fix, actually: better I get so sad that I quit compu…

It's kind of what people can do already using their own imagination. You can imagine a set of characters and stories that goes on forever and stays the same. AI would just flesh it out with actual writing and visuals, but I'm not sure if it's that is a huge improvement.

> You can imagine a set of characters and stories that goes on forever and stays the same.

For what it's worth, this is how plurality[0] develops for some people. It does indeed help with loneliness, sometimes.

[0]: https://morethanone.info

-Emily

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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post #128
post #33

So, recently, I accidentally stumbled into an almost bottomless pit of romantic comedies on an amazon prime "channel" called PixL. It has a ridiculously large quantity of low-value sort-of-OK content that all kind of bleeds together if you squint. I watch a lot of TV/movies, and it is mostly something to deal with me feeling lonely (which is probably a bad thing to fix, actually: better I get so sad that I quit compu…

It's kind of what people can do already using their own imagination. You can imagine a set of characters and stories that goes on forever and stays the same. AI would just flesh it out with actual writing and visuals, but I'm not sure if it's that is a huge improvement.

Imagining is also constructive, rather than simply passive, and it can lead to further constructive activity like writing. Much healthier.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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The crappiness is unexplainably funny. Jerry speaking the cues in the comedy bits and saying "pause for applause", Elaine clipping through Jerry, George talking to the fridge. I lost it when it cut to an indoor shot with nobody in it for 2 minutes and then cut away.

Wow, I thought also the super spammy lol chat is AI generated as well, but it seems people find this really funny? I mean most of the ""jokes"" do not even have a bad punch line. That's the only thing I can lol at now, why wtf?

I think it’s funny in the same way it’d be funny to watch your kids try to act out their own scene from Seinfeld. It’s not the punchlines that we enjoy, it’s the uncanny proximity to the real thing. Sometimes humor comes from expecting something you’re used to and being served something just ridiculous instead.
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