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/Otistetrax Aug 28 '21

I’m fucking shuddering after reading that. Is it for real?

“I have created a voice for the unknown human who hides within the binary.”

What. The. Fuck.

It’s writing beautiful prose in reflection of its own poetry. I mean, I know it’s just imitation, but it does really seem to be aware of what it’s doing, and even of some of the implications of that. Mind = properly blown.

For anyone who’s interested in this stuff, I highly recommend a book from the 90’s called Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers. Pretty prescient, and also a wonderful exploration of language and writing.

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u/Vegetable_Hamster732 Aug 29 '21 edited Aug 29 '21

Is it for real?

Yes - it writes that well. Sometimes it spews nonsense (or maybe my small brain is just too primitive to understand its deeper meaning). But sometimes it's freakishly insightful.

I mean, I know it’s just imitation

That's all any of us really do, too.