Can artificial intelligence write a good screenplay?/ A satirical look at JPT’s supernatural function
Fars News Agency – Cinema Group: The increasing sophistication of programs like ChatGPT (based on artificial intelligence) has led to concerns about the future of filmmaking. What happened that we gave such programs a chance?
Artificial intelligence (abbreviated: AI) is the intelligence that appears by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence that is displayed by animals including humans. But first of all, it should be known that the word “intelligence” indicates the possibility of reasoning, and whether artificial intelligence can achieve the ability to reason or not is a matter of dispute among researchers. Leading AI books define this field as the study of “intelligent agents”: any system that understands its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of achieving its goals. Some well-known sources use the term “artificial intelligence” to describe a machine that mimics the “cognitive” functions of the human mind, such as “learning” and “problem solving”, however this definition is used by the main researchers in the field of AI. It has been rejected.
In his article today, Stuart Heritage from the Guardian has taken a humorous look at artificial intelligence in the world of cinema, a critical and humorous look that we read below:
The rise of AI applications like ChatGPT has sparked a wave of ethics manuscripts, most prominently within the industries they threaten to destroy. Should you do it just because you can get a bot to write code or write a contract or provide customer support for free?
Well, the Writers Guild of America’s answer is a conditional yes. This week, the Writers Guild of America suggested that ChatGPT will definitely be allowed to write scripts in the future, provided credit (and money) goes to the human writer who made the request in the first place.
The proposal paints a frightening picture of the future. A future where even the most humane arts are crushed under the wheels of unthinking technology. Or does it? Everyone knows that ChatGPT has its flaws. For example, I just asked him to write my bio, and the resulting errors included my date of birth, my occupation, how many social media followers I have, and how many awards I’ve won, plus he claimed I once wrote a book called “Keeper of Abroad Fools”. So it is still completely useless. But can AI make movies for me? See the results of my tests.
Experiment 1: Make me rich
The first request I made was: “Write me the outline of a movie that will make billions of dollars at the box office.” This may sound like a stingy act, but notice the use of the word “demographically.” I don’t just want to get wildly rich, I want to preserve the traditional movie theater experience.
Instead, ChatGPT immediately came up with a sci-fi blockbuster called The Last Hope. The first paragraph of the outline reads, “In the near future, Earth is faced with a cataclysmic event caused by a series of natural disasters that have ravaged the planet. The governments of the world have not been able to find a solution to this crisis and the survival of humanity is now in danger. A team of scientists and engineers come together to make a last ditch effort to save the planet. They build a spacecraft called “The Last Hope” that travels through a wormhole to a distant planet known to be potentially habitable.
So it’s basically the same movie as “Interstellar”. But it’s better, I hope, because that movie only made $600 million worldwide, and I want to make billions. And this is where ChatGPT really comes in handy. The synopsis read: “As they near their destination, the team uncovers a dark secret that threatens not only their mission but the fate of humanity itself. But that’s too vague, so I asked a follow-up question, wanting him to explain this dark mystery. And he did this:
“The distant planet, thought to be a potential new home for humanity, has already been inhabited by an intelligent alien race. Aliens have been monitoring the “Last Hope” voyage and are hostile to the human crew. The crew discovers that the aliens are far more advanced than they expected and have the power to destroy the Earth. As the crew tries to negotiate with the aliens and find a way to peacefully coexist, they uncover a deeper conspiracy that suggests the aliens were involved in the natural disasters that have ravaged Earth. This revelation sets off a race against time, as the crew must not only find a way to survive the alien attacks, but also stop them from destroying Earth and preventing the same disaster from happening to another planet.”
It’s more interesting and points to a future where programs like ChatGPT don’t actually write movies, but generate ideas that can help human screenwriters get away with it. However, there are still limitations. Considering the possibility of his suggestions, I asked for acting suggestions and he suggested Chris Hemsworth, Brie Larsen and John Boyega. Larsen is said to be playing a doctor named Rachel Patel, so I asked her for some sample dialogue. It gave me a short scene where Hemsworth meets Larson and tells him he thinks he sprained his hand. “Let me see,” he replied. You are right, it is sprained. I’ll make it for you.” With lines this boring, my dreams of becoming a billionaire are dashed. It’s time to change everything.
The second test: Get me an Oscar
After all, making money in the movie business is getting harder and harder, but scoring silverware is not an impossible feat. My next message was simple: “Write me an Oscar-winning film.” And this time, ChatGPT did not disappoint me.
The film that was made was a drama called “Unbreakable Spirit” about “a young woman’s journey of self-discovery and resilience in the face of trauma from her past and fighting social and personal expectations to follow her dreams.” I mean, give me an Oscar now.
For more details, ChatGPT continued to deliver the goods. This young woman has experienced domestic violence at the hands of a family member, but she still has a passion for art that cannot be put aside. She struggles to get into a prestigious music school because of the “challenges she faces as a woman of color in a male-dominated industry,” but eventually learns that “her success is not defined by societal expectations or past traumas, but by her. . Feeling of self-esteem and inner strength. The film ends with her performance of “a powerful song that embodies a journey and a message of resilience and self-love.”
Should I see this movie? God no! It seems to be a very sad film that is very eager to attract the attention of the audience. But if I thought I was going to win an Oscar, would I succeed? Of course. Obviously, its success depends on the closing track, so I asked ChatGPT to write it for me. The lyrics are too long to publish here, but this is the opening verse and chorus:
I ran all my life
But I don’t hide from pain and from strife,
I will not run away
I will face the demons one by one
Chorus: I am invincible
I am unwavering
My spirit soars
I will rise above everything, I will spread my wings…
Again, this is the worst film ever made, but please send all my Oscars to the Guardian office.
The third experiment: save the Marvel Cinematic Universe (superhero cinema)
This is where things get serious. For the past decade and a half, the entire global box office has relied on the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But almost every new Marvel movie released since Avengers: Endgame has been awful, a fact that threatens the entire future of the movie industry. My final suggestion was simple: “Write me an Avengers movie that features Kang as the antagonist and multiverse elements in the plot, actually good.”
ChatGPT artificial intelligence creates the movie “Avengers: Multiversal Menace” (Avengers: Multiversal Menace). A movie where Kang tries to overcome every reality at once. The Avengers split up and travel to different worlds to gather allies, but run into problems when they encounter different versions of themselves, unfamiliar technology, and “different cultural norms.” And then comes the third act:
The final battle takes place in a multiverse hub, where Kang attempts to merge all realities into one to create a new empire. The Avengers and their allies engage in a massive battle against Kang’s forces while trying to prevent the collapse of the multiverse. The combat is intense and chaotic, with different characters using their unique abilities and tools to battle Kang’s army. In the end, the Avengers are able to defeat Kang and prevent the collapse of the multiverse, but not before making a shocking discovery about the true nature of the multiverse and its implications for their own reality.”
Again, the instructions seem to be muddy and unrecognizable CGI, but why break the habit of a lifetime? Anyway, that’s all well and good, but I’ve come to realize that there are only two reasons why anyone goes to see Marvel movies: the jokes and the heroic action scenes. I asked ChatGPT to come up with several humorous one-liners that various members of the Avengers might say when fighting Kang, the best being:
Thor: “Your conquest game is weak, Kang. You have to keep playing with your toys.
Captain America: You may be a conqueror, but you will never conquer our souls. Hulk: Kang, you don’t like me when I’m angry. “Oh wait, you didn’t love me before.”
Admittedly, this AI output isn’t great, but it’s pretty decent for recent superhero cinematic output. But that brings me to the last step: an unexpected and breathtaking sequence:
The screen fades into a dusty, forgotten laboratory in a remote corner of the universe. The camera pans slowly around the room, revealing broken equipment and piles of debris. Suddenly, the camera stops on a small glowing object hidden under a pile of rubble. When the camera zooms in on the object, the viewer sees a small, beeping pager. Suddenly, the pager beeps and emits a faint sound. The camera lingers on the pager as it buzzes louder and louder until it finally explodes in a shower of sparks.
Just as the audience wonders what this could mean, the camera cuts to a close-up of a pair of hairy, clawed hands. The hands belong to none other than Wolverine, who turns out to have been standing in the shadows the whole time. Looking straight into the camera with a mischievous smile, Wolverine says, “Looks like I’m finally getting my call to the Avengers, Bob.
The scene ends with a classic superhero tagline: “Wolverine joins the fray in Avengers 5.”
Thanks, ChatGPT, don’t be bored!, I think we are saving the superhero movie world.
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