Patch Linden Leaving Linden Lab

[Casey Pelous]

...God, if only Neva really knew how things really are.

There's a better chance that a toy balloon will become sentient and sing I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

 

[Free]

There's a better chance that a toy balloon will become sentient and sing I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

So you're saying there's a non-zero chance A.I. could reinstate classic Hollywood entertainment?

 

[Mona Eberhardt]

That has always been the case.

Interestingly enough, the "infallible" and über-prestigious SL blogger that everyone loves to love agreed with the Prok on Patch. Then again, when the main attraction for your cookie cutter post-infested blog (i.e. your status as an "insider") depends on not stepping on LL's toes and not asking uncomfortable questions lest you lose the insider access that your audience loves you for, you'll end up with some strange bedfellows...

PS: Trashing the Medium article on the basis of its author's anonymity is quite rich when it's done by SL famous bloggers who have gone to the most extreme of lengths to be absolutely anonymous and opaque. Why would I believe an embedded anonymous blogger over a disgruntled anonymous one, or vice versa? I always thought that, since SL helps us decide on our own terms whether we want to allow the public to connect our SL personas to our RL selves, we were supposed to judge on the merit of the validity, veracity, verifiabilty, and accuracy of the post at hand, not on its author's anonymous, pseudonymous, or non-anonymous status.

 

[Casey Pelous]

So you're saying there's a non-zero chance A.I. could reinstate classic Hollywood entertainment?

My first thought was, "Well, there's also a non-zero chance I could flap my arms and fly to La Guardia, but don't hold your breath."

On further thought, though, your comment made me realize there's a sort of democratization of creativity occurring during this, probably brief, window, while A.I. is still affordable to lots of people. You or I could, at least in theory, produce some counterfeit "classic Hollywood entertainment" with the right prompt and just a few minutes of computer and download time. No more technology than that needed, no grubbing for money from investors, and no meetings with *shudder* mid-level studio executives. No need to inhabit Los Angeles, that multi-dimensional hellscape where, somehow, every single thing you need is at least 45 minutes away. No BJ's for whoever the new Harvey Weinstein is, either. Or, one could produce a counterfeit Taylor Swift record. For that matter, A.I. could probably write the plot and script for the movie or the lyrics for the "Tailor Sweft" recording.

So, where comments sections, social media, and product reviews made "everyone" a commentator (and hasn't that gone well?) I guess the current Age of A.I. will make everyone a creator, with the same effects on the arts as comments sections have had on public discourse.

The future's so bright I gotta wear shades.

 

[Free]

No more technology than that needed, no grubbing for money from investors, and no meetings with *shudder* mid-level studio executives. No need to inhabit Los Angeles, that multi-dimensional hellscape where, somehow, every single thing you need is at least 45 minutes away. No BJ's for whoever the new Harvey Weinstein is, either.

This misses out on the purest idea of what "classic Hollywood entertainment" represents.