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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday June 12 2018, @11:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the humans-are-overrated dept.

Do we need another [HB]ollywood blockbuster? Apparently not if it is up to the future of AI:

...goal of having Benjamin [the AI] "write, direct, perform and score" this short film within 48 hours, without any human intervention...

Maybe it is not perfection yet, but it looks like reality is slowly catching up with science fiction. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/06/this-wild-ai-generated-film-is-the-next-step-in-whole-movie-puppetry

Two years ago, Ars Technica hosted the online premiere of a weird short film called Sunspring, which was mostly remarkable because its entire script was created by an AI. The film's human cast laughed at odd, computer-generated dialogue and stage direction before performing the results in particularly earnest fashion.

That film's production duo, Director Oscar Sharp and AI researcher Ross Goodwin, have returned with another AI-driven experiment that, on its face, looks decidedly worse. Blurry faces, computer-generated dialogue, and awkward scene changes fill out this year's Zone Out, a film created as an entry in the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Challenge—meaning, just like last time, it had to be produced in 48 hours and adhere to certain specific prompts.

The result is both awful, funny and impressive. Especially with the background knowledge that it was done by an AI in just 48 hours and limited resources. Maybe we are on the path of robotic entertainment sooner than later. You'll know who'll be the boss when you start hearing discussions for the AI's necessity for copyright ownership of the AI's creation.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:52PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:52PM (#691890)

    When a monkey takes a photo, copyright rests with the person who configured the camera.

    Only legal persons can hold copyright, but if a corporation can be a legal person, why not an AI?

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:27PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:27PM (#691982)

    Only legal persons can hold copyright, but if a corporation can be a legal person, why not a monkey?

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:49PM (1 child)

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:49PM (#691990) Journal

      Because the monkeys would just plagiarize Shakespeare. :-)

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      • (Score: 2) by bart9h on Thursday June 14 2018, @10:06PM

        by bart9h (767) on Thursday June 14 2018, @10:06PM (#693203)

        Infinite monkeys would most certainly do.

  • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Tuesday June 12 2018, @09:24PM

    by Osamabobama (5842) on Tuesday June 12 2018, @09:24PM (#692107)

    Let's perform a thought experiment where there exists a photo without a copyright. Would anyone be able to see the photo? Would anyone want to? Would it look good as an album cover for a reissue of Duran Duran's Rio?

    Obviously, some of these questions will need more funding to address...

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