British Sitcom Episode Is Fully AI-Generated, Sucks
A former startup investor named Andrew Dickinson has released a fully AI-generated sitcom pilot titled No Big Deal on YouTube. The article describes the production as a low-quality shortcut taken to bypass the traditional development process for a script that was already considered weak. Critics note that the result is visually disturbing and narratively incoherent, serving as a cautionary example of the current limitations of AI in creative storytelling.
- ▪Andrew Dickinson, a former startup investor, created the AI-generated sitcom pilot No Big Deal using an AI production studio.
- ▪The script features angel investors as main characters and includes plot points involving a sex couch and a car accident.
- ▪Reviewers describe the AI-generated visuals as waxy and nauseating, with dialogue delivery that is considered horrendous.
- ▪The article argues that the underlying script was not ready for production and lacked the necessary spark to be entertaining.
- ▪The 25-minute runtime is characterized as borderline coherent and serves as a negative example of using AI for creative content.
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There’s now a sitcom pilot produced entirely with AI. Of course there is. Oscar-nominated Sci-fi filmmaker Neill Blomkamp recently tried something similar, and it was awful. Now, according to the Guardian, some former startup investor named Andrew Dickinson has given it a shot, and it’s awful. <iframe title="No Big Deal Episode 01 - Loving Angles" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7to3eD5v-k4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> Dickinson reportedly wrote the script in the hopes of getting it filmed—like with human actors.
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