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Hollywood Writers Strike: Will AI Write All Scripts in the Future Making Humans Obsolete? - Let's Ask a ChatBot!

It Said: "As the Hollywood writers' strike continues to create turbulence for the film and TV industry, there is a growing interest in looking at how AI can be used as a potential replacement for human writers. While detractors suggest that it may be impossible to accurately replicate the creative processes of humans, proponents think that this could be a viable avenue of exploration. With this in mind, what are your thoughts on the viability of AI-generated scripts?"

My Thoughts? The ChatBot Failed to Actually Answer the Question... But That's Good Enough for a TV Show... Dialog is Mostly Used as Filler Between Car Chases, Gun Fights and Sex Scenes... and The Conclusion is almost always the same... The Good Guys Win... The Guy Gets the Girl... and they Live Happily Ever After.

Hollywood Writers Strike: Will AI Write All Scripts in the Future Making Humans Obsolete? - Let's Ask a ChatBot!

Since Broadcasting Reruns is Cheaper... No One will Pay to Make New Shows... The Writers Will Be On Strike for a Very Long Time... and then the Industry Will Replace them ALL With Robots...

The Old Shows are Dramatically Better...

I'd like to see Reruns of DALLAS and DYNASTY...

hOLLYWOOD wRITERS sTRIKE - SIGNS




God-Like Artificial Intelligence is Coming and We Cannot Stop It. Massive Layoffs in Every "Thinking" Job. Do You Make Decisions at Work? You Are Obsolete. Better Start Delivering Pizza for a Living...

Headline: We must slow down the race to God-like AI.

Originally in Financial Times... by Ian Hogarth

Here are the First Two Paragraphs NOT Behind a Paywall.

Written by People that Seem to Know What They are Talking About... This Article Predicts a Gloomy Future...

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“God-like AI could be a force beyond our control or understanding, and one that could usher in the obsolescence or destruction of the human race.”

Those of us who are concerned see two paths to disaster. One harms specific groups of people and is already doing so. The other could rapidly affect all life on Earth.
The latter scenario was explored at length by Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. In a 2021 Reith lecture, he gave the example of the UN asking an AGI to help deacidify the oceans. The UN would know the risk of poorly specified objectives, so it would require by-products to be non-toxic and not harm fish. In response, the AI system comes up with a self-multiplying catalyst that achieves all stated aims. But the ensuing chemical reaction uses a quarter of all the oxygen in the atmosphere. “We all die slowly and painfully,” Russell concluded. “If we put the wrong objective into a superintelligent machine, we create a conflict that we are bound to lose.”
That Statement Reminds me of the Book "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams... They ask the Super Computer, Deep Thought: "What is the Meaning of Life, The Universe and Everything?" and the answer is "42" - Because the Question is... Not Obviously Written... and Could be Subject to a wide variety of Interpretations... 
Here's That Book Read Out Loud...

Another Example of AI Being Used to Benefit the Corporation, Not the Customer: It's Obvious that the FaceBorg AI Only Shows Posts from People That Already Agree With Me. Atheists, Deadheads, EcoWarriors and Democrats. FaceBorg has Mathematically Proven that People Will Stay on the Site Longer if they Read Posts that Echo their Own Beliefs... and Advertisers Pay More for a Site that Has a LOT of Viewer Hours...

I responded to an Email from my Brother About This Article by Saying:

God Like AI IS COMING... and It's very Unlikely that anything will stop it... Leading to Massive Layoffs at Jobs that Can be Automated. Some Obvious Careers are Doomed... People that Write... Newspapers, Blogs and Magazines have a Need for Huge Piles of Words... MANY Articles Could Easily be Written by an AI Computer... 

For Example: An Article about a Basketball Game... "Everybody ran to one end of the Court and [Name] threw the Ball at the Basket... It went in... and then Everybody Ran to the Other End of the Court and [Other Name] Threw the Ball at the Basket... It Did [Not] Go In... [Repeat again and again and again] Eventually the [Name of Team] Won... Massive Cheering and Riots in the Streets... 

I worked as a Draftsman until CAD was invented and then a Secretary could do my Job at HALF THE RATE OF PAY... and I Never Worked as a Draftsman again. I Delivered Pizza for Dominos for Five Years and then Sold Electronic Equipment at Radio Shack for Six Years... Then I went To Humboldt State University on Student Loans for Four Years and Worked in the Welfare Office for Seven Years... But I Never Worked as a Draftsman Again... 

The Future Doesn't Look good for Young People... 

In Fact, Climate Change is Happening Now and Will Continue to Get worse... It's Springtime here in Beautiful Orangevale but MASSIVE WILDFIRES are coming... 

and we shall see if the US Government Goes Bankrupt this Summer Causing Global Economic Collapse... Debt Ceiling Vote... 

I'm Glad I'm Old... I hope the World Doesn't Self Destruct before I Die. 

However... YOUR Children and Grandchildren are in DEEP TROUBLE... 

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I wrote a Blog Post about that AI Article You sent... and Needed an Illustration... so I Drew this... (See AI CHIP Image Above) because all blog posts NEED an Illustration... because People CLICK ON Pictures... You get Higher Click Rate! ---> so anyone that writes newspaper articles or Magazine articles etc etc NEEDS AN ILLUSTRATION and In the Real World, It's Cheaper to Hire an AI Automatic Picture Maker than Hire an Actual Human to Draw something...  I remember in the 1980s a Lady drew Computer flow Charts at work... She was an Illustrator that used Pen and Ink to Make Owners Manuals... No One Has Drawn flow charts in Pen and Ink for 25 Years! 

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A third of scientists working on AI say it could cause global disaster... 



AI disaster won’t look like the Terminator. It’ll be creepier.

on the other Hand... Computers will never write EPIC NOVELS Like Lord of the Rings or Foundation by Asimov... But Most Scripts for Movies and TV Shows are Just Re-telling Sequels of Whatever Sold Last Year! and THOSE Could Easily be Automated!

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Did you ever Notice that The Moon Appears to be about the Size of a Quarter Held at Arms Length. AND The Sun Appears to be about the Size of a Quarter Held at Arms Length. AND The Shadow of the Earth on the Moon is the Same Exact Size! That SIZE Co-incidence is what makes Solar and Lunar Eclipses Possible.

DANG! The Three Most Important Objects in the Universe All Appear to be the Same Size! WTF!

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Art Schade Said:
Have you heard about the artificial intelligence program writing school papers for your kids?
As an independent writer, I have hibernated in the category of “starving author” for over a decade. Of course I blame this totally on #Oprah because she never tried finding me when I finished my stories. Still, I’ve recently been asked what I think of the future of writing with AI [Artificial Intelligence], specifically the recent sites like ChatGPT.
Not fully aware of ChatGBT’s capabilities, I investigated further and can honestly see AI having the same effect on writers that robotics had on the manufacturing industry. Even in its infancy, I recommend writers should not quit their day jobs, or better yet, find one.
What took me three years of researching religions for my novel “Looking for God” could now be done in an hour. Not only was research simplified, the ability for AI to write a meaning full story was also extremely impressive. And this is only the beginning.
As a test, I entered some simple instructions, see below, into the AI command line and easily recognized if future stories were not fully written by AI, they would significantly augment the future of writings of everyone. Further, it is already being incorporated in all future correspondence. Today ChatGPT has even been added to my email account and can read and respond to my emails - very impressive.
To give you an idea of the power of this program, I entered simple instructions on the command line and it produced the following unedited story I’ve been thinking about writing. From the following, you can make your own decision.
Command: “write a 100 word post on how Arthur, a 9-year-old boy, didn’t want to play baseball because he only played the outfield and it was boring.
However, giving it one more try, he teams up with a coach who let the other coaches coach the better kids while he spent all his time teaching the less talented players to catch, bat and run bases. Also, allowed them to play positions in the infield and start every other game. He never felt part of the team.”
AI story [unedited first try]
Arthur had never enjoyed playing baseball. Every time his team took the field, he was relegated to the outfield, where he felt like nothing more than a spectator. Bored and disconnected from his teammates, Arthur was ready to give up on the sport altogether.
But one day, he met a coach who changed everything. This coach saw potential in Arthur and wanted to help him succeed. He didn't care about winning, and instead, he focused on teaching the fundamentals of the game to all his players, no matter their skill level.
Under this coach's guidance, Arthur began to thrive. He learned how to bat, catch, and run bases, and even got to play positions in the infield. And for the first time, he felt like a valuable member of the team. Arthur's newfound confidence and love for the game were all thanks to a coach who believed in him and helped him realize his potential.
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President McKinley was Assassinated by a Man Who Lost His Job Due To Trickle Down Economics. Just Like NOW! --- "The History Book on The Shelf, Is Always Repeating Itself." Lyric from "Waterloo" by ABBA

I'm Doing Research for My Book "The Violet Overgrow" - Maybe a PLOT TWIST! Leon Czolgosz was The Man Who Assassinated McKinley... "Trickle-down economics" used to be known as the "Horse and Sparrow Theory" which was responsible for the "Panic of 1896" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics

Video of ABBA Singing Waterloo: Could It Happen That ANOTHER UNEMPLOYED MAN Assassinates The President? I Sure Hope NOT... tRUMP Needs to Spend the Rest of His Life INCARCERATED to Serve as an Example for Other Criminals...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4

Statue of President McKinley in Arcata, CA - and a UFO - Ezekiel's Wheel
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The economist John Kenneth Galbraith noted that "trickle-down economics" had been tried before in the United States in the 1890s under the name "horse-and-sparrow theory", writing:

Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy—what an older and less elegant generation called the horse-and-sparrow theory: 'If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.'

Galbraith claimed that the horse-and-sparrow theory was partly to blame for the Panic of 1896.[21]


It appears Possible to Build a PLASTIC GUN that fires PLASTIC BULLETS... Important to know for the Plot Twist I'm Writing for my FICTION BOOK "The Violet Overgrow" -

plastic bullet or plastic baton round (PBR)[6] is a less-lethal projectile fired from a specialised gun. Although designed as a less-lethal weapon, they have caused a number of deaths. Plastic bullets are intended to be shot directly at the subject, causing bruising, or even broken bones when used correctly. They are generally used for riot control. Plastic bullets were invented in 1973 by the British security forces for use against demonstrators in Northern Ireland. They were developed to replace their rubber bullets in an attempt to reduce fatalities. If misused they can still cause fatal injury.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_bullet

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/gunslingers-and-the-mythology-of-making-your-own-weapon/423771/


and then on Facebook we were Discussing #TrumpsFailedEconomy

Mark Dias Said: Deflation Still Present

The debt problem exposes the Fed’s risk and why they have no choice but to monetize the Government’s debt issuance to keep interest rates suppressed. More importantly, the decline in monetary velocity clearly shows that deflation is a persistent threat, and one the Fed is most afraid of.

“It is hard to overstate the degree to which psychology drives an economy’s shift to deflation. When the prevailing economic mood in a nation changes from optimism to pessimism, participants change. Creditors, debtors, investors, producers, and consumers all change their primary orientation from expansion to conservation.

Creditors become more conservative, and slow their lending.

Potential debtors become more conservative, and borrow less or not at all. Investors become more conservative, they commit less money to debt investments. Producers become more conservative and reduce expansion plans. Consumers become more conservative, and save more and spend less. These behaviors reduce the velocity of money, which puts downward pressure on prices. Money velocity has already been slowing for years, a classic warning sign that deflation is impending. 

Now, thanks to the virus-related lockdowns, money velocity has begun to collapse. As widespread pessimism takes hold, expect it to fall even further.”

Ultimately, the Federal Reserve, and the Administration, will have to face hard choices to extricate the economy from the current “liquidity trap” with which we are now faced.   However, history shows that political leadership never makes hard choices until those choices get forced upon them.

and I Replied: I believe People are Buying Less... Who Has Money To Spend? Layoffs Really Make People Stop Buying Stuff. and Many People are Getting Food at FREE Pantries, Soup Kitchens. I Remember Living in Chico on Zero Dollars a Day. Going to The Jesus Center for Breakfast and Dinner and Drinking Coffee at the AA Meetings. Smoking Cigarettes That I Found in Ashtrays. Quite Often People Will Only Smoke Half a Cigarette and Then Put it Out Before Entering a Store. Then When I Got a Job and Could Buy My Own Food, The Lady That Ran The Place Asked Me to NOT Eat There... It Was For PEOPLE IN NEED.. https://jesuscenter.org/


Steve Burke Said: Trump keeps saying that Biden will raise taxes on the middle class, Biden says not on those making under $400,000. Little do we know that there are already, written in the 2017 tax cut, already tax increases starting in 2021 and going till 2027, every 2 years, already written in tax cut for everyone except the upper tax payers. Seems like it's NOT Biden raising any taxes, it's TRUMP. Bet most people didn't know that. What do you say about that, all you tRumpers? Three tax increases in the next 6 years on the middle class.


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Proof of tRUMP's FAILED ECONOMY... JC Penny Goes Bankrupt... Dang! Wasn't He Going to Make America Great Again?

JC Penney, the more than 100-year old US department store chain, filed for bankruptcy on Friday, making it the latest business to hit bottom amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The chain, known for selling family apparel, cosmetics and jewelry, is the latest in a series of victims of the pandemic-induced economic downturn. With its 850 stores and almost 90,000 workers, it is also reportedly the largest retail casualty so far. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/15/jc-penney-bankruptcy-retail-business-us-economy


MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT... 

tRUMP's Coronavirus Has Killed 88,237 Americans as of 5/16/2020.
And There Is NO END In Sight...

More Americans Dead than The Vietnam War, 
9/11 and Charles Manson COMBINED.

and his New Plan of 
"Opening the Country"
is Likely to Increase Fatalities! 

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ANTI-tRUMP Protest at the White House - Set Off a Few 140dB Personal Alarms - Let's See If tRUMP Can Pretend Shrieking Alarms are A Show of Support... and Love...


Anti-tRUMP Protest at the White House - 140dB Personal Alarm

The Reason I Teach American History on the Internet is... I hope to AWAKEN People. For decades I have expressed my opinion in public and the Majority of people said "You're Wrong, Greg!" and then ten years Later the Majority CHANGED THEIR MINDS and they say "You're Right, Greg!"


For the Good of Humanity. My Words can be used to make people THINK... and once they start THINKING, they QUESTION the Lies told them... It Takes TWO to make a Lie Effective... the Teller of the LIE and the Believer of the LIE. I often see Blatant falsehoods posted by TrumpNiks... It's my Civic Duty to do a FACT CHECK and Publish TRUTH. https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-reason-i-teach-american-history-on.html

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FACT CHECK #SOTU: tRUMP Said That the Economy is the Best It's Ever Been. THAT'S FALSE - Ask Yourself: "Are You Better Off Now or Four Years Ago? Everyone I Know Was Better Off Then.

MEME gvan42 Abandoned Pulp Paper Mill in Eureka, California
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NOTICE REALITY - Massive Layoffs and Business Bankruptcies... Yes, The Super Rich are Winning A Lot of Money on the Stock Market but SO FREAKING WHAT? 90% of Americans Own No Stock. Most Jobs Nowadays Have No 401(k) - No Retirement Plan at All. Massive Increase in Homeless Tent Cities... WAKE UP! tRUMP IS LYING... and The "Talking Heads" on TV Are Lying TOO... They PRETEND We are Not In a Disaster Economy SO YOU WILL BUY BUY BUY Consumer Goods...  CNN, MSNBC, FOX, Bloomberg TV, ABC, CBS and NBC are All Brainwashing You to Benefit Their Corporate Sponsors... Big Pharma, Cars, Trucks and Booze! It's Crazy! Eat Some Doctor Drugs, Drink a Beer and Drive Your Brand New Truck into a TREE! Makes me MADD...  




Believing Trump's Lies Doesn't Change Reality. TRUMP HAS FAILED. Prices are UP, Wages are Down. Massive Factory Layoffs. Corporations going Bankrupt.

1. He Failed to build the Wall even when Republicans Controlled Congress. LOSER! 
2. He Failed to Repeal and Replace Obamacare. 
3. NOTHING DONE on Infrastructure. 
4. Suicide Rate UP. Drug Overdose Rate UP. Alcoholism UP. 
5. He withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal CAUSING IRAN TO START MAKING ATOMIC BOMBS AGAIN. 
6. He Failed to get North Korea to Stop Making Nukes. 
7. Budget Deficit Highest Ever. 
8. National Debt Highest Ever. 
9. Air Pollution Worse Than Ever... EPA has become the ENABLE POLLUTER AGENCY. 

Waking Up is Easy to do! Try it! You'll Like It. Join the millions of Trump Voters that SWITCHED and Voted Democratic in 2018. You can Chant "Lock Her UP!" until you are Red in the Face but... Hillary is NOT in JAIL but TEN (10) Trumpniks were Arrested FOUND GUILTY! Duncan Hunter=Guilty, Roger Stone=Guilty,
Paul Manafort=Guilty, Mike Flynn=Guilty,
Michael Cohen=Guilty, Rick Gates=Guilty,
George Papadopoulos=Guilty, Alexander Vanderzwaan=Guilty,
Maria Butina=Guilty, Paul Erickson = Guilty


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PATRIOTS AGAINST TRUMP. His Trade War is Dangerously Stupid. Could Cause Global Economic Collapse. Who will Bail Out The USA when Trump Drives the Entire Country into Bankruptcy?

This week the Stock Market WENT UP when Trump announced that He Would NOT be Doing Tariffs on China until December 15th... That way American Businesses Could Buy Christmas Presents without PAYING EXTRA. And then the Stock Market went down when they Noticed that The Basic Ideas of Trump-0-Nomics are Insane... He is an Idiot when it comes to Business... That's why he declared Bankruptcy FOUR (4) TIMES... and every time his Father would give him more money...

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His Trade War has Caused China to Refuse to Buy any American Agricultural Products. A Disaster for Farmers... When Obama was President Farmers Earned a Living by Growing Crops and Selling Them. Now with Trump-0-Nomics... Farmers get a 16 Billion Dollar Welfare Payment and the Crops Rot in the Field... and it's not Just Farmers... John Deere Tractor Sales are Down... You don't need to buy a Tractor when there is no need to grow crops... Consumer Prices GO UP... Who do you think PAYS for the Tariffs? YOU & I Pay... Trump Lies again and again and again about how China Will Pay but DING DING DING! Reality says AMERICANS PAY... Believing Trump's Lies Does Not Change Reality... Prices are UP, Wages are DOWN, Layoffs, Bankruptcies... WAKE UP! It's FUN, It's FREE and Everybody's Doing IT!

Why Not Set Off a 130Db Personal Alarm at the White House? Let Mad King Donald Know that We Think He is Crazy... You could stand in Lafayette Park Right Across the Street and Create a Sonic Protest! Wait for a Day When Evil Trump is at Home... I remember we played the Drums during an Anti War Protest when George Bush was President... It Disturbed His Sleep and reminded him that he was doing evil... and we knew it.  It would be wonderful if another set of protesters set off Sonic Alarms on the Ellipse side of the White House... That way CZAR Donald would be Surrounded! 






Trump-0-Nomics is a Disaster for Most Americans. LAYOFFS, Lower REAL Wages and Higher Prices. AND NOW, Wall Street Rejects His Madness! Vote Democratic 2020

Trump-0-Nomics is Madness MEME - more at gvan42 dot blogspot dot com
Remember: Vote Your Wallet...
We were all better off when Obama was President. 
HEADLINE: Bloomberg Opinion: Stocks Are Telling Trump He Made a Big Mistake... https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-08-02/the-stock-market-is-telling-trump-he-made-a-big-mistake-jytkzaoj


HEADLINE: Trump says he will go ahead with new China tariffs that would hit iPhones and toys... The new tariffs could hit US consumers harder than the earlier rounds. It would tax goods like iPhones and other consumer electronics, sneakers and toys. Last year, Trump imposed tariffs on about $250 billion in Chinese-made goods, targeting industrial materials and components...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/economy/new-china-tariffs-threat-trump/index.html



HEADLINE: Disney Continues Layoffs With Key Production, VFX Executives Let Go...
This is the fourth round of layoffs following Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox assets in March
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-continues-layoffs-with-key-production-vfx-executives-let-go/

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