"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"
A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024.
AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of AI fabrication
Take a look and you'll see
The slop enshittification
We'll begin with marketing spin
Traveling in the world of exploitation
What we'll see will defy explanation
If you want to view paradise, Simply vibe around and feel it, Anything you want, Just steal it. Want to change the world? Just dirty deal it.
Sheet 🤣 I got more joy out of you than any of this chatgipity slop. I might have to steal this. 🫵
Last year I saw a stage play about Gene Wilder. The actor playing Wilder, Jonathan Randell Silver, bore a passing visual resemblance to him, helped along by a good hair and makeup job, but also sounded and behaved very like him. Silver had obviously studied Wilder's mannerisms and choices, both in Wilder's iconic roles and in Wilder's own persona from interviews and such, and Silver's performance in the play really evoked Wilder on a very effective level whether it was recreating some of Wilder's famous comedy bits and characters or portraying the real Wilder behind the scenes. This was an actor who understood the role, and used real human choices and talent to create his performance.
There are countless talented actors and impressionists who could have recreated Wilder's Wonka on a human level and given a genuine performance with a real soul behind it. The use of low-effort AI slop instead was a deliberate choice here, and it falls to the viewing public to accept this or not.
Also, this is a fucking game show. They are digitally defiling a beloved corpse for a fucking game show.
Sounds great, but it would cost slightly more and then the people higher up the chain would have slightly less money. so this is why we have to set the culture and arts on fire to turn this giant money machine on.
Any idea where I could watch a recording? I didn't know anything about this show and would love to see it. I could find small clips and excerpts but could find the whole show anywhere
It was a small production at an Off-Broadway theatre, so I don't believe any full filmed production of it has been published, but maybe someone will remount a production sometime. It was a very good show.
Off topic question but is your username a reference to the Marx Brother's movie Duck Soup's Rufus T Firefly character? I know it's not quite the same name but close enough to name me raise an eyebrow.
I assume the eyebrow you're raising is painted on. 🥸
And yes, you're correct. Short version of the story: I'm a lifelong Marx Brothers fan and I used "Rufus T. Firefly" as a screenname for a bit back in the 1990s before deciding I wanted to use something a little more "me," changing the first name to my given one, and dropping the period after the T.
Thanks for your curiosity!
I swear to God boomers hold nothing sacred but their own self satisfaction. The two brain cells in a tug of war that are operating their brains fucking LOVE AI slop.
Like, his wife probably sees this as "a remembrance" of him or whatever. She probably has no fucking clue and got convinced by a suit to allow it.
But, holy shit, if this isn't a perfect example of that generations continuing brain rot.
Like, isn't it a human instinct as you age to look to handing the torch off to the next generation for leadership, making sure they are guided and educated well; but at the same time sacrificing your own importance and recognizing your story is reaching an end? Planting trees for which you know you will never enjoy the shade of. That kind of thing?
Boomers. Boomers are currently in denial of their own mortality. Their own denial of it in combination with the massive wealth gap is a plague on this world. The median age of the US Senate is fucking 65. These fuckers will not let go.
And AI slop is allowing them to find "new" creations of whatever reminds them of a time when they were important. Talk about pulling the ladder up behind you. They can't even let an icon from their generation rest in peace.
I heard this shit on the dumbass that is Dave Ramsey recently.
Listen to this shit. Listen to this. This is the brain rot of the boomers. This is the brain rot of capitalism. A lady with so much fucking brain rot from capitalism that she has lost the maternal instinct to ensure the success and safety of her own children. Like, you can't make this shit up. She deserves to die alone.
I'm sorry. I'm not usually a "generation" basher. But I needed to rant. There are good boomers out there. But, the average representative of that generation is an absolute narcissist that cannot let go. Too much fucking lead poisoning.
Nobody other than boomers have brainrot and nobody other than boomers would ever go along with anything AI related to make money. Definitely just boomers doing that!
My generation is special and is completely pure of any greed and always well-informed!
This is like living through IRL horror movie. How awful. Gene Wilder is unironically my favorite actor of all time. The fact that his wife of all people is ok with this shows how out of touch people are with reality. We're literally doing anything to escape at this point. This madness needs to stop.
I thought we were boiling the ocean to cure cancer.
1% curing cancer 98% anime titties, 1% everything else.
We need more orphans on that fire!
"But sir, the cow is dead." "Shaddup! There's still milk inside there somewhere. Keep looking!!!".
This is not a surprise, his widow has been profiting off of him from the moment he died. Within a year of his death, I started seeing lottery scratch tickets with his face scattered across the ground outside gas stations.
I called this shit 30 years ago. Not sure who here remember the Budwiser commercial with John Wayne. On that day I told anyone who would listen give it enough time and they will bring dead actors back from the dead to make movies and tv shows.
Here we are, how much longer before they bring back the greats? John Candy, Chris Farley, hell John Belushi. Maybe Rodney Dangerfield.
Remember when couple assholes tried to bring back George Carlin? Just matter of time and family that cares more for money then the person they lost. Or better yet just wait long enough for the technology to get good enough and those left that will be so far removed that why wouldn't they take a million to allow great uncle or grandpa likeness be used?
And don't forget all the musicians that could be brought back cranking out AI music. Bet they sell million albums of new songs sung by "Elvis "
Going be brave new world soon. Good news for us is that for small artists, and independent films will become more popular. Because we will always choose people over robots. At least I hope so.
Because we will always choose people over robots
I worry that we simply won't be given any human choices eventually
Regardless of one's taste, Depp's and Chalamet's Wonka impressions are both better that the slop Netflix is going to cre- I mean, generate out of this.
Chalamet's Wonka was actually surprisingly brilliant. I wasn't even going to watch the movie, they just happened to be showing it at the airport while I was on a long layover so I figured what the hell. I'm really glad I did
You stole my identity... You lose! You get NOTHING! GOOD DAY, SIR!
I've always wanted to get real famous and then die right before the peak of my career so 10 years later I can be seen dancing with vacuum cleaners for a commercial on netflix.
The backlash will be stronk
X to doubt
Only old people who don't give a shit will watch it anyway.
Old people who don't give a shit are the main target audience for AI slop.
What would you pirate in a world of AI Slop?
The answer is nothing. Now to prepare for the overthrow of the capitalist class since the treats are all dried up.
Win Win
YOu WillL 0wN nOtHiNg aNd Be hApPy!!! 🤬
What I think you mean is all you have is a turd sandwich that you tryin to rent.
I'd rather hold my hog and stare at a wall.
Kicking a can is better than the gipity man....
I will waste my time not you.
If you read the article his wife did.
Translated: she wants more money.
We are only years away from being able to torture the digital ghost of John Candy in the Metaverse.
https://harrisonestatelaw.com/celebrity-estate-lesson-gene-wilder/
He didn't just leave her a lump sum, it was only 20m in total. Split amongst the family, probably all used to living the high life. It's reasonably possible that they've spent through what they had and it's this or reduce lifestyle
I don't believe in boycotts working. Boycott this anyway.
Or better yet if someone you know wants to watch it pirate it and give them a copy.
Yet another movie I won't be either paying a cent to watch, or even pirating.
Every time I've seen a movie with some "resurrected" actor, without exception, I am revolted and totally removed from the film.
Will someone else in the role fall short of the original? Probably... but that's because the original is dead. Let them rest in peace, and allow all of the living to enjoy their works before we follow them.
Do other people appreciate these computer revenants? Wouldn't someone who's never seen the original also be removed from the film by a CGI "actor" amongst all of the meatballs?
In this case, are voice actors that hard to find? We can't find anyone who sounds somewhat like Gene Wilder?
Re wife/family approval... get a job. Maybe as a voice actor, I've heard we are short of them.
Old man yelling at clouds out
Just his voice, though? Ressurect him entirely! we want to see something!1!11!! And while at it, maybe a few other dead actors as well. They could all play some character in the movie. And we got some really good authors and storywriters who are dead. Maybe let AI cook up the story in their beloved style... And if it works out great, why not do all the visuals and effects this way, too?
And I never got why they do re-runs on TV. Why not delete the old episodes and let people watch AI Columbo investigate in the slop-70s? That'd be great. Go, Nextflix! We're all counting on you.
I remember my wife getting me to watch that starballs movie where the grand moppet character or whatever was some vile CGI rigged corpse.
I felt viceral disgust and a portent of the future. Fuck me for thinking that it should mean something that someone lived and died, and that things should end and decay so new things can take their place.
What?
Edit: oh, you're talking about Tarkin from the (7th?) star wars movie
To be fair ... Gene Wilder did write and star in a movie about bringing back the dead.
Oh, and I'm firmly on the "schtien" (not "schtine") side of the debate.