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Writer Aaron Sorkin Shuts Down The Idea Of Using AI Technology For Screenplays
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Ubiquitous
Mar 27, 2023, 8:56:27 AM3/27/23
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Writer/director Aaron Sorkin made it clear on Wednesday that he’s against
using artificial intelligence to write screenplays, saying he predicts that
people will appreciate the works of “humans more.”
During the Adobe Summit 2023, the 61-year-old writer said that he didn’t
think AI could write a show like his popular TV series “The West Wing”
because it’s a machine that’s simply being fed previous work, according to
The Hollywood Reporter.
Aaron Sorkin Argues AI Couldn’t Write ‘The West Wing’
https://t.co/XKgKvrkYI9
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 23, 2023
“Whether it’s that — there’s roughly the same kind of software for writing a
hit song — I assume that they have loaded into a machine a zillion very
successful screenplays, whether they’re thrillers or Westerns or romantic
comedies,” the director and writer said.
“And a computer can then turn out something similar, but a computer didn’t
write those screenplays that are being fed into the machine in the first
place,” he added. “And I think you’re going to enjoy things done by humans
more.”
“The Social Network” writer explained that while he has no problem with the
technology being used as a “co-pilot,” his attitude comes from the fact that
“I have to sit in a room with people who are experts at it and not know
anything … I feel left behind.”
AI has been the focus of recent Writers Guild of America negotiations, the
outlet noted.
The union has pushed to prohibit the use of the technology by streaming sites
and studios for source material, as well as AI-written works and AI-rewritten
works being covered under its contract.
Sorkin recently made headlines when the Hollywood veteran revealed that he
suffered a stroke in November, calling it a “loud wake-up call,” as
previously reported.
The director told The New York Times that his blood pressure got so high,
doctors told him “you’re supposed to be dead.”
“Mostly it was a loud wake-up call,” Sorkin said. “I thought I was one of
those people who could eat whatever he wanted, smoke as much as he wanted,
and it’s not going to affect me. Boy, was I wrong.”
“There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to
write again, and I was concerned in the short-term that I wasn’t going to be
able to continue writing ‘Camelot.’”
His latest project and first Broadway musical is called “Camelot,” which is
scheduled to debut on April 13.
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Let's go Brandon!
using artificial intelligence to write screenplays, saying he predicts that
people will appreciate the works of “humans more.”
During the Adobe Summit 2023, the 61-year-old writer said that he didn’t
think AI could write a show like his popular TV series “The West Wing”
because it’s a machine that’s simply being fed previous work, according to
The Hollywood Reporter.
Aaron Sorkin Argues AI Couldn’t Write ‘The West Wing’
https://t.co/XKgKvrkYI9
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 23, 2023
“Whether it’s that — there’s roughly the same kind of software for writing a
hit song — I assume that they have loaded into a machine a zillion very
successful screenplays, whether they’re thrillers or Westerns or romantic
comedies,” the director and writer said.
“And a computer can then turn out something similar, but a computer didn’t
write those screenplays that are being fed into the machine in the first
place,” he added. “And I think you’re going to enjoy things done by humans
more.”
“The Social Network” writer explained that while he has no problem with the
technology being used as a “co-pilot,” his attitude comes from the fact that
“I have to sit in a room with people who are experts at it and not know
anything … I feel left behind.”
AI has been the focus of recent Writers Guild of America negotiations, the
outlet noted.
The union has pushed to prohibit the use of the technology by streaming sites
and studios for source material, as well as AI-written works and AI-rewritten
works being covered under its contract.
Sorkin recently made headlines when the Hollywood veteran revealed that he
suffered a stroke in November, calling it a “loud wake-up call,” as
previously reported.
The director told The New York Times that his blood pressure got so high,
doctors told him “you’re supposed to be dead.”
“Mostly it was a loud wake-up call,” Sorkin said. “I thought I was one of
those people who could eat whatever he wanted, smoke as much as he wanted,
and it’s not going to affect me. Boy, was I wrong.”
“There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to
write again, and I was concerned in the short-term that I wasn’t going to be
able to continue writing ‘Camelot.’”
His latest project and first Broadway musical is called “Camelot,” which is
scheduled to debut on April 13.
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Let's go Brandon!
anim8rfsk
Mar 27, 2023, 2:28:08 PM3/27/23
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Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> Writer/director Aaron Sorkin made it clear on Wednesday that he’s against
> using artificial intelligence to write screenplays
The CW responded that they are against using natural intelligence to write
> Writer/director Aaron Sorkin made it clear on Wednesday that he’s against
> using artificial intelligence to write screenplays
screenplays, said spokesperson Claude Deamer.
>
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> Let's go Brandon!
>
>
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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