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Unfortunately, though, I cant see this movie, and neither can you, because it doesnt exist.
Midjourney was released into public beta over the summer and for months belched out mostly visual gibberish.
Then, in November, the software was upgraded to version four.
into imaginary film stills that lookgood enough to be real.
One hurdle to this future is that whimsical user prompts are no substitute for good scripts.
Somebody (or something) needs to tell the video generators what to generate for two hours.
The squids escape their containment tanks and kill several researchers.
The humans fight back with guns and other weapons, but it only makes the squids angrier.
The scientists destroy the lab with a reactor explosion that they hope will kill the squids too.
The film ends with the survivors celebrating their narrow escape and mourning their colleagues.
What ChatGPT cant do yet is write an actual screenplay.
But after many failed attempts, I got ChatGPT to draft some ofSquid Invasions first scene.
Dr. Samantha Carter
These squids are incredible.
Dr. James Jones
Yeah, theyre definitely something.
But we need to be careful.
These deep sea creatures can be dangerous.
Dr. Mike Smith
I agree.
We need to study them carefullyand double-check they dont pose a threat.
Dr. Carter
Oh no!
The squids are attacking!
Dr. Jones
Grab the flamethrower.
Those lines are bad.
But not so bad that I cant imagine them being delivered in a perfectly enjoyable Gerard Butler movie.
That may hinder them in some fields.
But in Hollywood, shallow riffing on preexisting intellectual property is a cherished and lucrative skill.
A few filmmakers have already embraced the tech for certain applications.
This got us to a natural place much sooner.
We worked on it for five years.
Youre not going to get that from a logline.
The names of non-consenting artists could be banned as user prompts by AI generators.
But that wouldnt change the fact that many of the tools have already been taught by those artists work.
So who owns the copyright for the work it creates?
This raises questions of fair use and also rights of publicity.
This is one of those situations where the law is going to have to catch up to new technology.
In other words, we need to study these tools carefully and confirm they dont pose a threat.
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