Charlie Brooker doesn’t think AI is taking his job any time soon because it only produces trash

Black Mirror creator unafraid of AI because it’s “boring”::Charlie Brooker doesn’t think AI is taking his job any time soon because it only produces trash

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I think he’s trying to steal the lightning from the episodes that resonated well with the audiences to make new episodes and it’s just not hitting quite as hard.

    The old formula was amazing stories meets Twilight zone meets tales from the crypt we’re 8 out of 10 times the protagonist gets right fucked for just trying to be a good person.

    It feels to me like the take away from san junipero was that people like happy endings so they’re trying to apply it to everything

    The reason you got Maisy day is because he got access to Miley Cyrus and had to write something that she would be happy with.

    • lloram239@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      The biggest problem is just that they ran out of ideas, they have recycled the cookie-brain-upload thing over and over again. The first few seasons were far more creative and covered a broad spectrum of technological and social issues, without relying on a single gimmick.