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AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
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Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
#72Writing 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 trouble with this new Microsoft Teams thing at work. I need to use it for a video conference but I don't know how.
George: (sarcastically) Oh no, not Microsoft Teams. That's the end of the world.
Elaine: (laughing) Come on, George. It's not that bad.
Jerry: Yeah, it's not rocket science, Kramer. Just click on the icon, join the meeting, and turn on your webcam.
Kramer: (frustrated) I've tried that, Jerry. But then all these different tabs and options pop up and I don't know what to do.
Elaine: (sympathetically) It can be overwhelming at first. But just take it one step at a time and you'll figure it out.
Kramer: (sighing) I guess you're right.
Jerry: (joking) And if all else fails, just hold up a piece of paper with your face on it to the webcam.
(audience laughs)
George: (serious) Actually, that's not a bad idea.
(audience laughs)
Kramer: (smiling) Thanks for the advice, guys. I'll give it another try.
(Kramer exits the cafe)
Jerry: (to George and Elaine) I think Kramer is going to have a tough time with Microsoft Teams.
Elaine: (laughing) Oh, I have no doubt.
(audience laughs)
(end scene)
Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
#73So, 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…
I sort of know what you mean. Not necessarily to combat loneliness but I listen to pretty much every Sherlock Holmes pastiche available via audiobook. Many of them aren't particularly great in and of themselves but there are a sufficiently large number of them and it's nice to check in with the same characters/setting. "Comfy" is the popular term for it. I certainly imagine AI will be capable of producing stories of that sort of quality within the next decade or so. And AI voice actors will be equal to at least some of the narrators on Audible.
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#74Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
#75It'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.
Same with Twitch Plays Pokemon.
Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
#76This 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.
Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
They’re both sitcoms but with very different styles. Seinfeld is a “smart” comedy and makes social commentary through the life of the Manhattanite characters. Married with Children is more of a base comedy, lampooning the old cliche of the perfect 50s household. At least that’s my take. I haven’t watched either in probably 20 years.
What social commentary did Seinfeld make? It was a 'show about nothing', starring incredibly self-centered characters who cared about nothing.
The whole 'being about nothing', the vapidness of their personal relationships, how self centered the main characters are. I think it's a good representation of how quickly modern consumer society careened from it's purpose of proving western liberal capitalism was superior to communist polities and descended into nihilism and pleasure seeking behavior once the Soviet Union fall. They even touch on how fragmented urban society had become and how hopelessly isolated we were becoming in the crowd, even before social media.
Re: AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
#78This 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.
After that Elaine, Kramer, George all talking about a comedy club experience. When they delivered their lines, they each sat on the couch in the exact same spot, models clipping into one another. Then the camera switched to front view of this new comedy chimera and just lingered without a line said.
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#79Why does everyone in Jerry's kitchen use the microwave?
I guess it's simpler than animating everyone constantly eating his food like in the actual show
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Married with Children was huge here in France but Seinfeld never made it to the mainstream as it was aired on subscription TV
It's true (although it was broadcasted uncrypted) but with YouTube, Netflix or ... the internet in general it's hard to think someone really has no idea what/who Seinfeld is.
I didn't remember it was broadcasted uncrypted. Maybe it was airing too late for 10yo me ? By the way, while everyone here in France know Friends or How I met Your Mother, despite being available on Netflix i'm not sure way more people know Seinfeld nowadays than in the 90s. One must admit it's pretty hard to get into it 30 years after as it aged a little and it never got it primes here.