Neander

Techno optimist sci-fi epic aimed at spreading understanding of AI + spatial computing and its implications beyond surface level dystopian extrapolations.

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@naxmydude @alexjlockie @b___adams @benjaminluk I doubt it sounds like I’m lazy. And I know that no one in life would agree that I am. I can imagine how you’d assume that based on a limited understanding of and experience with the tools.

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@bephrem @melodyskim Agreed

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@mrownersan @benjaminluk I wouldn’t say I missed it. Perhaps I just have a different, less blunt force way of using AI than technophobic writers.

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Yeah, it’s new and scary. Like the idea the Earth isn’t the center of the universe. Imagine if Newton wasn’t allowed to reference Galileo, or Einstein Newton. Or if Lucas, George Miller, Nolan or the Coen’s couldn’t riff on Homer. We all build on the shoulders of giants. Now we can build more and in wholly new ways. We can generate worlds.

A lot of data that’s spread around about water usage related to AI token processing is misconstrued, outdated, propaganda spread by funds with direct ties to the CCP, and conflated with construction. None of it accounts for how fast the tech is improving. 300x efficiency gain over the past few years.

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Right. So, don't let it write your creative work for you. Like any tool, it can be used intelligently or stupidly. Conceptualizing the tool as either a hyper specific google or as a slop machine that does all the writing for you is really missing so much of the potential.

Then also, even the most intentional trad studio and indy films can end up as slop. It's so silly to discount the tools just because the fastest people to adopt it aren't necessarily producing the most polished work. Very naive from a historical perspective.

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Do you not use your own mind when working with AI? I can rapidly dictate a paragraph or two of ideas — compose a scene — and get a formatted page that follows my ideas beat for beat, and uses my phrasing, in seconds. Try it out, throw it out, or iterate, and keep moving forward.

I’m getting the sense that people mad about AI may just not be very good at using it. Perhaps because they’re too stuck on vilifying it to explore it properly?

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@TexanRobertC @benjaminluk Frequently.

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@ColinPartch @b___adams @benjaminluk Won’t know unless you try me.

I can see why you’d read my comment above and respond the way you did, but I imagine you are capable of deriving and understanding my point, whether or not you accept it.

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@ColinPartch @b___adams @benjaminluk Where can I read your work?

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I very much agree with this. What’s interesting is I find I learn and grow more and faster now when I engage with these new tools and ideas which so many currently are being prejudiced against.

My epic, which is about coming of age under the influence of an AI that generates and reconciles VR models of history, and which I started writing 13 years ago, has forced me to engage deeply with ideas that initially terrified me.

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@LatvanyMate @benjaminluk How much thought have you put toward how humans learn to speak and think? psycholinguistics

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@alexjlockie @b___adams @benjaminluk I’d say the worst effects on modern storytelling come from industry gatekeeping and producer / studio “feedback” which are the very thing most at risk by new tools while the writer / director is empowered to accomplish far more without limits.

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The “distinct” line you draw seems arbitrary to me. All that matters is the writer’s intention is fulfilled.

Point in my posting is — there is much pompous reverence regarding craft / method and prejudice against modern tools, then at the same time acknowledgement of the messiness of early drafts and the importance of barffing a first draft. Doesn’t feel consistent, or feels disingenuous.

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@b___adams @benjaminluk I know I wanna have a ~1 page foot chase through a 1930s Chicago alley. I don’t necessarily need to agonize over every word personally on draft one to get the parts in place and keep working on the story.

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@adcock_brett @Figure_robot But you’re storing them rather than putting them to work?

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@adcock_brett If you need to store them they are not capable enough. Keep going. There is plenty of work that needs doing.

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@Variety Awesome. If only the series they chose sounded good. Open submission for grants!

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@clarejtbirch It would be great if you could add in audio to listen along.

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@emollick @alexolegimas All it has done for me so far is tell me that it can’t do anything