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I was with you until "it will be pretty good too". Maybe you're right. But I'm yet to see much evidence that AI is actually good at comedy. It's something a wh

I was with you until "it will be pretty good too". Maybe you're right. But I'm yet to see much evidence that AI is actually good at comedy. It's something a whole lot of humans can't do either.

greggsy 3y ago
To be fair, there’s a significant proportion of sitcoms that are just regurgitated formulas. Some studio is almost certainly feeding sitcoms and standup comedy into some horrific LolLLM, but it would almost certainly reject prompts such as “The gang goes black” or “Frank gets molested”, and the outcome of “The gang makes Lethal Weapon 6” is unlikely to be even half as entertaining.
- kridsdale3 3y ago
  Significant portion of sitcoms are formulaic yes. But Frasier was upper crust legitimate good writing.
  - idiotsecant 3y ago
    Frasier was good writing?! I'm not even going to touch the 'upper crust' comment. Was this post actually written by Frasier the character?
  - BaculumMeumEst 3y ago
    Off topic, but have you seen the trailer for the upcoming season? It looks like it might as well have been written by AI. We’re about to get a reminder of how important the supporting cast was on that show. Sad!
    - swayvil 3y ago
      I saw the first 2 episodes. It wasn't good.
      - mnky9800n 3y ago
        No Niles or Daphne?
        ascagnel_ 3y ago
        David Hyde Pierce (Niles) and Jane Levees (Daphne) have both declined to return, and John Mahoney (Martin) passed away in 2018; the only returning member of the main cast is Peri Gilpin (Roz), who's only going to make a single guest appearance. Bebe Neuwirth (Lilith) is the only recurring cast member to commit to the new show, and only in a single guest appearance.
      - hnlmorg 3y ago
        I haven't watched it yet but do bare in mind that a lot of great shows took a few episodes (or even a couple of seasons) to find their stride. Frasier was no exception, the first few episodes were setting stage for the rest of the show. But as I said, I haven't seen the new series so I cannot comment on whether there's anything there to grow from.
YeGoblynQueenne 3y ago
Well, not the current generation of AI. The one we'll have soon, when AI gets good at comedy. /s

I was with you until "it will be pretty good too". Maybe you're right. But I'm yet to see much evidence that AI is actually good at comedy. It's something a whole lot of humans can't do either.

greggsy 3y ago

To be fair, there’s a significant proportion of sitcoms that are just regurgitated formulas. Some studio is almost certainly feeding sitcoms and standup comedy into some horrific LolLLM, but it would almost certainly reject prompts such as “The gang goes black” or “Frank gets molested”, and the outcome of “The gang makes Lethal Weapon 6” is unlikely to be even half as entertaining.

kridsdale3 3y ago
Significant portion of sitcoms are formulaic yes. But Frasier was upper crust legitimate good writing.
- idiotsecant 3y ago
  Frasier was good writing?! I'm not even going to touch the 'upper crust' comment. Was this post actually written by Frasier the character?
- BaculumMeumEst 3y ago
  Off topic, but have you seen the trailer for the upcoming season? It looks like it might as well have been written by AI. We’re about to get a reminder of how important the supporting cast was on that show. Sad!
  - swayvil 3y ago
    I saw the first 2 episodes. It wasn't good.
    - mnky9800n 3y ago
      No Niles or Daphne?
      - ascagnel_ 3y ago
        David Hyde Pierce (Niles) and Jane Levees (Daphne) have both declined to return, and John Mahoney (Martin) passed away in 2018; the only returning member of the main cast is Peri Gilpin (Roz), who's only going to make a single guest appearance. Bebe Neuwirth (Lilith) is the only recurring cast member to commit to the new show, and only in a single guest appearance.
    - hnlmorg 3y ago
      I haven't watched it yet but do bare in mind that a lot of great shows took a few episodes (or even a couple of seasons) to find their stride. Frasier was no exception, the first few episodes were setting stage for the rest of the show. But as I said, I haven't seen the new series so I cannot comment on whether there's anything there to grow from.

YeGoblynQueenne 3y ago

Well, not the current generation of AI. The one we'll have soon, when AI gets good at comedy. /s