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Robot: Who needs writers?

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I think there will always be something missing from robotic writing... oh wait... with everyone converting to robotic thinking, maybe not.

i.e., a robot gets a short and fire shoots out of its ass... and nobody laughs.
 
I've mostly been of the opinion that Robots wouldn't do such a great job in the writing category due to needing a cognitive skill set. Then I remembered attempting a film study of Battlefield Earth 2000, and now I'm inclined to believe AI would have done a better job with the story. :rofl:
 
Well I think that a simple computer program can help writers. It can give prompts to stimulate the writer's imagination. So you feed the program a few variables, and it might respond with "Are Alice and Bob married?" "Did Alice and Bob share a secret in the past?" "Are Alice and Bob not related, even though they think they are?"

Producers of big Hollywood productions don't give a shit about good writing, no matter its origin. It's not like novels or stage plays, where the author makes something, puts it out there, and the market decides, usually on some kind of quality. I'm finding that plays are more compelling than films, (disclosure: I am involved in a theatre company) and that's probably because the writing and structure must be above par.
 
Karim D. Ghantous said:
Well I think that a simple computer program can help writers. It can give prompts to stimulate the writer's imagination. So you feed the program a few variables, and it might respond with "Are Alice and Bob married?" "Did Alice and Bob share a secret in the past?" "Are Alice and Bob not related, even though they think they are?"

Producers of big Hollywood productions don't give a shit about good writing, no matter its origin. It's not like novels or stage plays, where the author makes something, puts it out there, and the market decides, usually on some kind of quality. I'm finding that plays are more compelling than films, (disclosure: I am involved in a theatre company) and that's probably because the writing and structure must be above par.
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I'm thinking the time is ripe for streaming plays live to IMAX theaters or even home projectors. If a projector could emulate 3d especially.

I read where China is releasing everything in 3d (included is 2d converted to 3d.)

If we can record a play in glasses-less 3d, (and maybe in VR) there would be no bad seats in the house by showing it in a big screen venue or even a home including a 95" Qled screen.
 
Elsie N said:
I'm thinking the time is ripe for streaming plays live to IMAX theaters or even home projectors. If a projector could emulate 3d especially.
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Well maybe that could work, although you have the worst of both worlds, at least on paper. My vision for cinema is IMAX narratives and documentaries. The RED cameras are the perfect 'weapon' for that application. Of course film could still be used, but I wouldn't want to use anything larger than 8-perf 65mm. YMMV.

Elsie N said:
I read where China is releasing everything in 3d (included is 2d converted to 3d.)
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Hashtag Pray for China. LOL
 
Well as a robot didn't answer your post yet, I suppose the time is not right for seamlessly complex writing yet. However, if you see my recent posts on Magnetic Quantum Dot Cellular Automata processing technology, there is a way to pack enough mass parrallel AI cheaply to simulate intelligence in the short-term walking around. What I don't say is not just MQDCA circuits can be packed by also more analogue neural net like functions. So, I'm 50 years you may indeed have a robot writer able to walk in sit down and start writing. Where ever they would be any good by that stage, is another thing.
 
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I can see this having a cool storyboard application. I'll get AI to write my script based on infor fed into some OZ, then doodle up the storyboards. I suppose if the pen had a memory (maybe it does) it can be sent to a 3D printer across the pond where Filmmaker A can then have a look at the storyboards / set design. AI can then interpret the designs and make edits in the screenplay.

I'm not ready fot this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emUlHFWcHck
 
Test it out on humans first A. It is likely the robot can't out do them for some time, unless it is a descendent of that computer research my friend in intelligence reckoned he saw in the late 60's. But as he told me a certain brand his story lost all credibility.
 
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