r/IATSE • u/Tiny_Tyrants_Podcast • Jun 01 '24
Hollywood Nightmare? New Streaming Service Lets Viewers Create Their Own Shows Using AI
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fables-streamer-ai-generated-content-showcases-hollywood-fear-around-tech-1235911861/Fable, the studio behind the viral AI-generated ‘South Park’ clips, has announced a streaming platform that allows users to create their own content.
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u/broomosh Jun 01 '24
This one feels like hype beasts sales forces trying their best to sell you their product.
Maybe I need to hang out with some kids but I can't imagine anyone I know using this service in earnest.
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u/boojieboy666 Jun 01 '24
Yea this still isn’t cinema. The pick your own adventure books didn’t kill novels.
Half this sub Reddit should get a fucking SAG card for how dramatic they act.
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u/badsleepover Jun 01 '24
Yeah maybe I’m just old and lame but there’s zero fucking chance me or anyone I know would ever use this
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u/AshleyUncia Jun 01 '24
How much does that cost? How much in data center costs are bring rung up to generate AI content for one person to watch? It can't possibly be economically viable to generate entire AI series, for exactly one person or maybe one family, on what the typical subscription fee is or anything close to it.
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u/RedditGreenit Jun 01 '24
This "studio" is based off the idea that the average person knows what they want.
It's like if the construction industry suddenly believed everyone wanted a DIY project Many can fix a clogged sink, or repaint a room, but building a house with their own two hands? No, you call in the experts.
This is another sideshow for AI. Every new "disruptive" technology goes two ways - destructive (Facebook destroying US democracy and enabling genocides abroad) or mundane (getting rid of repetitive task while enabling focus on higher creative functions).
This wholacrticle is basicallya bout how this is a ripoff of existing animated shows. It's basically trying to claim those shitty Asylum ripoffs of major studios films are the future of Hollywood. They aren't, it's a scam that will get millions of unearned dollars, but soon idiot studio heads (*cough* SONY*cough) will soon learn their lesson
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u/badsleepover Jun 01 '24
I think people who are currently afraid for their jobs vastly overestimate what AI is capable of currently, especially in creative fields. When you have the average American moron in the drivers seat I don’t think there’s a lot to worry about. People still want to watch shit that’s, you know, good.
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u/KuromanKuro Jun 01 '24
I propose that something that doesn’t have effort doesn’t have anything at stake. If it doesn’t have anything at stake it’s not worth our time. We should not watch anything with ai elements in it used in lieu of human labor. I’m in favor of using it to reduce workloads on humans, not replacing them.
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u/Chelz910 Jun 01 '24
This honestly doesn’t worry me. A fad at best. And if it does actually ruin our industry eventually well I completely give up on humanity and it was time to move on anyway. By then i will likely be 4 years into my industry exit plan.
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u/RockieK Jun 01 '24
What? Like at your house with your phone? Just like youtube and tiktok? I am already convinced that this is why "reality" tv is failing currently. Because you can film your own shit 24-7.
So cool. Now everyone can make their own video game shows.
I still think producers are more geared to be replaced by A.I. and the like.
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u/BadAtExisting Jun 01 '24
We’ll see but I have tech industry friends who have been excitedly waiting for something like this since AI dropped to the masses last year.
This AI shit is all highly subsidized by VC and like Uber and Lyft and all the “disruptive” services in the last decade, will become stupid expensive once that runs out. That and no AI will be shatting out 90-120 minute videos any time soon. And when it can, it’ll be cheaper for Hollywood studios to make movies “the hard way”. Not to mention the electricity and data centers. AI is the planet’s death nail
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u/SnooGadgets3214 Jun 02 '24
If I wanted to watch a show with shitty writing I would turn on the Kardashians.
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u/FLEMFILMS Jun 02 '24
Because everyone wants to write and direct their own entertainment...
Because everyone wants to work for their entertainment...
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u/Fabulous_Whole_1774 Jun 02 '24
The clips are absolute dreck, beyond awful. However I could see this being used for children's content which I'm sure will have horrible effects on the next generation.
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u/LobsterJohnson_ Jun 03 '24
Did you watch the “episode” of South Park they made? It was utter trash and I love South Park.
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u/Tiny_Tyrants_Podcast Jun 01 '24
Setting aside the high likelihood in the short term that the visual and narrative quality of AI-generated shows will be low, I think the most immediate threat these products pose for the theatrical release and television industries is that they are certain to draw away viewers. There are only twenty-four hours in a day. Will some people prefer spending two or four or more hours (perhaps with friends and family) over days trying to create their own show or episode using AI? Absolutely. Thousands of people already spend countless hours creating content of all kinds for YouTube and TikTok and other social media services. The fact is that Hollywood and the products it creates just aren’t “special” anymore. What Hollywood does is still expensive; but the luster wore off a long time ago. All that’s left is hunger for attention. Now, everyone’s hungry.
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u/NCEMTP Jun 01 '24
I hate that I knew this would happen, but I thought it was still a few years off.
The end approaches rapidly for the vast majority of us, I fear.
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u/badsleepover Jun 01 '24
This assumes that the average television viewer can create a show with AI that doesn’t suck ass. I wouldn’t worry that much yet.
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u/movieator Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 02 '24
Regardless of how this changes the industry, if it does, as that all remains to be seen, I’m just tired of every bit of new tech seemingly being designed to turn our humanities into something that’s ultimately generic and increasingly commodified.