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Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by smith7018 »

motoxpro wrote: post #178
nsxwolf wrote: post #176

I'm curious as to why the dialogue is so bad. What AI is this using? When I ask ChatGPT to write a scene, the results are usually somewhat funny: INT. JERRY'S CAR - DAY Jerry and George are driving down the road, with Jerry behind the wheel. Jerry: (gazing at the cup holder) This car is such a piece of junk, it doesn't even have a proper cup holder. George: What are you talking about? It has a cup holder right there!…

I thought the dialog was amazing? It's generating conversations and a script for a TV show, are you expecting it to be as good as the original? It's crazy that they can carry out a conversation from start to end about a specific topic.

I wonder how much of a copyright violation this must be. I mean, they obviously fed it a lot of Seinfeld scripts for it to understand the characters and humor. I know HN likes to say "fair use" but I wonder how Hollywood's lawyers feel about that

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by Ajedi32 »

Waterluvian wrote: post #5
simonw wrote: post #2

It's weirdly compelling - partly because the chat participants are so enthusiastic, but mainly because once I started watching it I didn't want to risk missing the tiny chance that it might actually deliver a good joke! The animation style is pretty delightful.

When Bob Ross was new on Twitch, I had the same experience with the chat. An entire culture emerged in a weekend and it was so wholesome and fun. gg, RIP Devil.

It's also really reminiscent of SeeBotsChat[1], another short-lived AI-powered Twitch phenomenon.

[1]: https://thenewstack.io/google-homes-api-spawned-seebotschat-...

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by FeepingCreature »

peoplefromibiza wrote: post #139
chihuahua wrote: post #12

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…

> "It's so bad that it's good" must be that I am not native English speaker and I've never watched Seinfeld, except for some popular clip over the decades, but this is honestly so bad that is really bad. It's Sierra adventures bad jokes bad.

I have never seen Seinfeld and I think it's hilarious. (Also a non-native English speaker.)

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by jpm_sd »

bfaviero wrote: post #174

I jumped onto a point that sounded like a sad black mirror episode where the actors are trapped in a time loop forever, forced to come up with dumb jokes. Elaine: "Why are we here" Jerry: "to tell jokes" Elaine: "But why are we here together" Jerry: "Maybe fate put us here for a reason. To make the world a funnier place." Elaine: "Alright, let's do it."

It's somewhere between Waiting for Godot and No Exit.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by brap »

xena wrote: post #142
brap wrote: post #117

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…

Valid point, but I don’t expect AI to be able to really pull off a believable stream of scenes in the foreseeable future. I think for at least the next few years it will still be off enough to be hilarious. The uncanny valley can actually add to that, in my opinion.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by lordgroff »

wildrhythms wrote: post #137
throwbadubadu wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It IS the experience. Without the chat I would have checked out of the nonsense in a minute but the audience reacting to the endless non sequiturs truly made this an art.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch

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Post by nmz »

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…

Although Seinfeld advertises itself to be a "show about nothing", in reality its a comedy about social protocols and conventions.
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