“Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker stated his try at utilizing synthetic intelligence to write down an episode of the hit sci-fi sequence didn’t go so nicely.
In a brand new interview with Empire Journal, the Emmy-winning author revealed that he tried to lean on ChatGPT to write down an episode for the Netflix present however that the ultimate product wound up going completely off the rails.
“I’ve toyed round with ChatGPT a bit,” Brooker stated. “The very first thing I did was kind ‘generate Black Mirror episode’ and it comes up with one thing that, at first look, reads plausibly, however on second look, is shit.”
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot device that makes use of pure language processing to create human-like conversational dialogue. It additionally assists customers with duties like writing emails and essays.
Brooker defined that every one the chatbot principally did was sift by way of the present’s episode synopses and “type of mush them collectively,” leading to a whopping disappointment.
“Then should you dig a bit extra deeply, you go, ‘Oh, there’s not truly any actual authentic thought right here,’” he added.
Regardless of the AI flop, Brooker stated the expertise led him to have a significant epiphany about his strategy to the dystopian anthology sequence that usually facilities on themes of humanity’s reference to know-how.
“I used to be conscious that I had written a lot of episodes the place somebody goes, ‘Oh, I used to be inside a pc the entire time!’” he quipped. “So I believed, ‘I’m simply going to chuck out any sense of what I feel a ‘Black Mirror’ episode is.’ There’s no level in having an anthology present should you can’t break your personal guidelines.”
Brooker added that taking part in round with AI was “only a type of good, chilly glass of water within the face.”
Season 6 of “Black Mirror” hits Netflix on June 15.
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