Screenwriting : Hollywood Nightmare? New Streaming Service Lets Viewers Create Their Own Shows Using AI by Pat Alexander

*Sighs and shakes head* I definitely won't be using Showrunner, Pat Alexander.

Early returns from this and similar platforms are wildly uninspiring. It's almost like tech companies are determined to destroy the nature of media as we know it. Control the news outlets, disperse shared thought, artistic experience, and monoculture, then create a society of independent silos that can't be united ever again.

Hopefully people will get sick of AI movies/shows/videos and studios and companies will stop using it, Pat Alexander.

As far as consumers go, I think this kind of thing that won't be for everyone. Mainly hobbyists and those with A LOT of time on their hands. Many people when they come home want to just decompress and put on something that doesn't take too much thinking. Not sure people like that will want to then have to create their own digital adventure after a hard day's work. Feels like this type of content will grab a piece of the entertainment pie though and continued fracturing of the industry will only tighten purse strings from major studios.

The opportunity for creators piece feels like a two-edged sword as well. Like most tech companies have done, at first I imagine they will offer substantial bonuses and incentives to get talented creators to use their tools. But somewhere deep in the Terms & Conditions, there will be legally ambiguous language that cedes ownership of content created for the platform to the companies like this. They'll own creators' original works and be able to exploit them to infinity. And at a point they'll reach a critical mass of intellectual properties, strip back all the incentives to a barebones floor rate, and being a creative person will be just like being an Uber driver. All the "opportunity," none of the responsibility or liability from the company, and diminishing marginal financial returns for your efforts.

this is a cheap advertisement for another useless AI service.

Yeah, Matthew Kelcourse. Sadly, I'm seeing I can't get around AI when it comes to researching with search engines and using some programs (like Microsoft Word), but I'll never use AI to help me write/rewrite a logline, outline, synopsis, or script.

It's nightmare fuel for people who don't respect the creative process, that's all.

journalists claim that 90% of the videos created by neural networks are deepfake porn. it looks like this is the main application of neural networks. that's why we don't see high-quality books, comics, clips and films created by artificial intelligence.

Arthur Charpentier To be fair, there's so much porn already out there that wanting to see Nic Cage in a gang bang is probably the only thing that's left.

Ugh. Why are people trying to create substitutes for the creative process? The whole point of any art is to tap into our humanity. Heavily relying on AI defeats the purpose.

I can't stand it.

Remember the amazing streaming service making content for phones? So many people, here and other places said it was the future. Some Hollywood expert sunk 100’s of millions into it.

Or Moviepass or how Netflix was going to

disappear.

Lolololololo…..

Let’s all jump at shadows, once again.

Quibi actually paid a lot of money to creatives. From what I remember.

Which was part of the reason Quibi did not work, along with timing and circumstance. Now Imagine Quibi having unlimited access to an actor's name-image-likeness and a writer's IP for the same fees, except now they can exploit it endlessly until the end of time. They take try after try at cracking the code. Based on sheer volume, they could eventually break-even. Sure it'd be mainly schlock for a while, but like Netflix with House of Cards, it takes only one decent project to turn the tide for a company in the entertainment industry.

This is deviltry.

One of the main things we get from TV shows and movies are other perspectives and points of view that challenge or give greater depth to our own, so I think original creative voices are still safe.

in my opinion, neural networks can well replace stuntmen and make it easier to shoot erotic scenes. otherwise, they are almost useless in the movies.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out! I sent messages to 5 industry pros in the last couple weeks, I've heard back from Zero percent. It's possible I could fund some of the basics needed to produce a pilot, however, no one responded! I will be looking at AI for a teaser/trailer. The ridiculous cost of production is not sustainable, in my opinion!

It is clearly a subject to be following and to be as sensitive as can be! Pat Alexander, thanks for the info. So much going around, glad to see discussions on these matters, concerning circumstances and point of views, as proper assessment is needed. Best to everyone!

I agree with you, Ewan Dunbar.

I agree Rick Vorce we can start to create our own movies, shows, shorts, trailers, series, etc. now with little cost.

Mark Deuce I'm looking into weather this method would interfere with getting an A list actor/actress or not. I believe AI is here to stay but I haven't found one that will do everything I want...yet!

Ai cannot create Rick Vorce but enhances what you create and for A listers to jump on tha Ai bandwagon right now is very iffy indeed, but if you have 20 million salary, anything is possible. Cheers.

Sadly, The endgame is almost here. If a major player like Shawn Ryan feels hopeless (and he has a bigtime legal and rep team), the next generation of writers wont be needed.

Dan MaxXx makes me happy I have a career outside of Hollywood.

Using AI and other advanced technologies is undoubtedly a part of evolution in the creative process, in my opinion. However, no matter how powerful AI becomes, human interaction remains essential for any piece of art to truly come alive.

A name like Shawn Ryan, certainly should be paid attention to. Also we don't forget, converged efforts and insistence to bring the positives in spite of challenges!

This is how the conversation seems to keep going.

"It will never do X!"

"It's now doing X."

"Well, it will never do Y!"

"It's already doing Y."

"Pah! Nobody's interested in Z!"

"They just invested over a billion in Z."

Exciting but scary times. Don't underestimate the power of human sentiment though. People will welcome AI generated stories about as much as chemicals in their food. All they need is to know.

Good time to have scripts copyrighted before AI really kicked off.

It's a damn shame to hear about people having their work used for training, and it will be interesting to see where that goes. It should be regulation that every piece of AI generated art has the prompt embedded, so creators can check if it's worked off the back of their artistic voice.