AI Wrote This Short Sci-Fi Film Starring David Hasselhoff – Futurism

In Brief Following up last year's release of the first film written by an artificial intelligence, director Oscar Sharp has upgraded the writing software to craft a new short starring David Hasselhoff.

Its scary to think about the rise of automation as it is developing so quickly. Science-fiction, and even some real-life experts, have primed us to fear the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI).

Much of this concern regarding automation is becauseof impending job loss. The demographic that these losses will likelyhit first, and perhaps the hardest, are lower-skilled positions. However, the automation revolution isnt likely going to stop with factory work, other professions may soon have to contend with automated competition as well. AI has been used in place of lawyers, to recommend cancer treatments, and to report on major events like the Rio Olympics and the last US election.

Even creative endeavors are starting to be encroached upon by AI. Software has begun to compose music, and even write screenplays. Last year, the first film written by AI debuted, Sunspring, starringThomas Middleditch (from HBOs Silicon Valley). The team behind the film has followed it up with a new short called Its No Game whichstars David Hasselhoff and Thomas Payne (from The Walking Dead).

The film was written by Benjamin 2.0 in conjunction with human intelligenceOscar Sharp, and Benjamin 2.0s writer Ross Goodwin.

Similar to what Sunspring did with X-Files scripts, the film mashes up scripts from a variety of sources including Shakespeare, Knight Rider, Aaron Sorkin, and Baywatchto craft a farcical narrative that asks existential questions about what it means to be an artist in the age of automation.

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