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I'm a working screenwriter, and LLMs have been great for finding interesting research directions and saving me time! Rest assured that the reason H'wood is hel
by 23B1 4y ago
I'm a working screenwriter, and LLMs have been great for finding interesting research directions and saving me time!
Rest assured that the reason H'wood is hell-bent on regurgitating old material has nothing to do with screenwriters, and everything to do with the risk-mitigation imperative of everyone between me, the creator, and you, the viewer; producer, director, actor, studio exec, marketer, distributor – all of those have a veto – directly or indirectly – on every word I put on paper.
- cs702 4y agoThink: prompt = f"Write a script similar to {old_material} but in {new_setting}, making sure that it meets {studio_criteria}, maximizing the probability of box-office success." first_draft = LLM(prompt)
- 23B1 4y agoThe problem is that {studio_criteria} is actually a combination of butterfly wing-flaps, celestial alignment, divining rods, and bullshit (ಥ‸ಥ)
- cs702 4y agoDon't underestimate the ability of future generations of LLMs to 'navigate around' bullshit!
- HopenHeyHi 4y agoButterfly flaps its wings, a thespian/producer goes off/on cocaine, New {studio_criteria} => {new_prompt} => screenplay_blessed_rev4b.txt Honestly I'd be worried once these people figure out how to edit your work without your talent. Is there a place HNers can contact you btw?
- 23B1 4y agoSure, 05-trivet.turner@icloud.com And yeah that's a no-go inside this system thanks in large part to the WGA. A lot of my work is defending, justifying, and otherwise 'handling' feedback from people who think they know better. Sometimes they do, too – it's a collaborative effort to be sure.