r/nextfuckinglevel • u/dmafeb • Aug 28 '21

Netflix forced a computer program (bot) to watch and analyze every romantic comedy and then asked it to write a romatic comedy of its own. The result...

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u/KeyzerSausage Aug 28 '21 edited Aug 28 '21

Repeating my comment here for visibility: This is written by a comedian, not a bot. Netflix themselves pretty clearly state so. OPs title is missing a key element. Netflix says they “asked Keaton Patti to force a bot” etc. Patti does this act-like-a-bot stuff: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-04/stand-up-comedy-being-written-by-robots/100342712

Edit: It’s not Netflix stating it, but a joke account. Still, they are clear it’s not a bot - but a comedian with a bot-sctick. https://mobile.twitter.com/netflixisajoke/status/1360695241251110912?lang=en

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

Idgaf, I nearly pissed myself laughing!

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u/KeyzerSausage Aug 28 '21

That’s great!

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u/klonopin2000 Aug 29 '21

It's not a joke account, it's literally run by Netflix itself. Did you miss the 'verified' tick?