2026-01-13 16:15:18
This is true. Just—AI enables the production of slop in far greater quantities and much faster and with frightening consistency.
When ChatGPT first came out, many of us saw that one could produce perfectly mediocre, standardised, and shallow screenplays with it. Problem is: long before ChatGPT was a gleam in Altman’s eye, there were Movies of the Week. Based on mediocre, standardised, and shallow screenplays—albeit written by humans.
And yes, I do think that last bit makes a diff…