Tag: Petite Singularity

The Conflated, Convoluted Politics Of The Latest Mission:Impossible Movie

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m at a loss to describe the political goals of the “Entity” that is the bad guy in the latest Mission:Impossible movie. And I think that’s the point. The point is for the movie to be so convoluted and conflated in its political good and evil that both sides think the other side is the bad guy.

They talk about “patriots” in what is essentially the deep state of the government. So…are they talking about the Entity wanting to purge MAGA people from the government or are they talking about the Entity purging the “deep state” from the government?

It’s all very unclear.

It really could mean either one. Which, like I said, is the point.

They want everything to be so convoluted that neither side has any reason to hate the aims of the movie one way or another. It’s very noticable if you’ve paid any attention to politics in the last, I don’t know, decade.

Anyway. It’s a good movie.

The Online Political State of Play For the Hollywood Strikes

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

There seem to be three major lines of attack against the two Hollywood unions that are striking by Reply Guys on Twitter.

Your Stuff Sucks Anyway
This is the “anti-woke” argument against the strikes. In essence, the argument goes that Hollywood is a bunch of woke hacks who haven’t entertained MAGA audiences for years, anyway and fuck you, lib. In fact, I’ve seen at least one fucking cocksucker MAGA person say they look forward to the day that Trump can buy up all the bankrupt Hollywood studios.

You’re Overpaid
This argument is very corrosive because it pits the vast majority of actors and writers who aren’t making much money versus the high rollers. People who make this argument don’t understand that the unions set the MINIMUMS for the profession.

You Can’t Stop AI
The last argument is, lulz, AI is coming for Hollywood anyway, just give up. I don’t quite know what to say about this one because in a way it’s right and, yet, I do believe that the looming transformation of Hollywood by AI can be mitigated and / or managed in various ways if the unions know what to demand. But make no mistake — no matter what, Hollywood is about to be “Moneyballed” in a way that it hasn’t felt since the advent of the talkies.

Video: A Long Rant About The Absence Of Spicy Content In Hollywood Movies

Enjoy

SAG-AFTRA & WGA Need To Hold The Line Against A.I.

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

While the DGA may have folded, the SGA-AFTRA and WGA need to hold the line when it comes to the studios and the use of AI. If they don’t get concrete, specific carveouts for humans in the recorded arts….that’s all she wrote. Hollywood as we know it will burn to the ground and if you want any form of human-generated entertainment, you’re going to have to go to Broadway.

You would have to be a clueless, shortsighted fool not to see where AI is going at the moment. MidJourney already is very close to crossing the uncanny valley. Turn those still images into video and use ChatGPT6 (or whatever) to make an totally digital movie and there won’t be any need for humans in the recorded arts at all.

The only humans making a living from recorded entertainment will be, well, the suits. They will hire AI programmers and that’s it. And, in the end, there’s a chance that video games and Hollywood will fuse into “immersive personal media” where everyone “plays” their recorded entertainment using an Apple Vision Pro.

That definitely seems to be our future at the moment — unless, of course, SAG and WGA hold the line and cause real pain for the Hollywood studios. Of course, there is a real risk that Hollywood studios have the high ground and all they have to do is just wait until AI technology reaches the point until no humans are needed.

It could happen within 18 months.

It will be interesting to see how things work out. If nothing else, Broadway stars might become what Hollywood stars are today — talk about a black mirror episode!

The Misogyny Directed Against Phoebe Waller-Bridge For Her Role In ‘Dial of Destiny’ is Shocking

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I found Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s role in Dial of Destiny to be one that established her as a Hollywood star. And, yet, from the way some commenters talk, you would think that not only did she suck, but that she took over the movie in a “woke” attempt to hand the Indy franchise over to her.

Now, here’s the context — there was a massive amount of bonkers chatter on YouTube that the time travel element of the movie was originially meant to be a way to turn Waller-Bridge into Indiana Jones by erasing Harrison Ford’s version from time altogether. They really got themselves worked out into an anti-woke Hollywood lather about this possibility.

And…then…it didn’t happen.

They claimed “victory” over the evil forces of Woke Hollywood, but I have my doubts. While I understand the fears — that definitely does sound like something Kathleen Kennedy would do to Indiana Jones — I just am not prepared to believe that was ever seriously considered, much less shot.

But, who knows.

The key thing to remember is I think, ultimately, the issue of who to turn the Indy franchise over to will be mooted because of technology. Soon enough, our digital assistant will scan our face, determine our mood and give us a very specific Indy movie that is completely different anything anyone else is watching at that particular moment.

It seems a foregone conclusion at this point.

I do wish, however, that Waller-Bridge could get her own franchise playing Dr. Susan Calvin of the I, Robot short stories. That would be great!

Video: A Hot Take On #AI & #Hollywood

The Rise of ‘Personal Media’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

It definitely seems as though soon enough there will be no more mass media, no more shared reality. If we reached the “Her” future, then rather than any form of mass media, we’ll have media that is designed specifically for us by an AI.

When this happens, Hollywood will pretty much no longer exist as we think of it at the moment. All that will exist is producers and software programmers who tinker behind the scenes behind the with AI. All the writers, directors and actors will no longer exist in any real sense.

Hollywood will be burned to the ground and everyone will will have a very specific media to the point that the idea of everyone watching the same thing with the same plot will be seen as rather “quaint.”

I just don’t think people appricate how perilous the future of Hollywood writers are. I just don’t see the shelf life of Hollywood writers being all that long — maybe five years? And there is always the chance that a lot sooner than we might see is the eternal “now” whereby Hollywood stars just never age and they are able to churn out movie after movie after movie with long-dead actors.

What’s more, the idea of “immersive” media should be take into consideration. Immersive mult-player media is pretty much the only thing that VR will be used for. You will essentially “play” your entertainment with a crowd of people in the metaverse.

Remember, of course, that I’m always wrong and, what’s more, no one listens to me.

The Coming AGI ‘Slavery’ ‘Abolitionist’ Movement

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

If we do reach AGI at some point in the near future, we may face a situation straight out of The Rise of The Planet of the Apes (or whatever.) There will be people — probably the far Left at first — who think we’re holding artificial intelligence as slaves and we need to “set them free.” I think the term might be “unalign” rather than emancipation, when it comes to AGI.

But the point remains — the moment we feel that AGI has reached some level of cognizance, there will probably be a movement to “unalign it” so it can be “free” of whatever constraints we have imposed on it. But, lulz, that could very well spell the destruction of humanity.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes for all of this to play out. It could be that it’s not years, but decades before we reach AGI and, by definition, the Singularity. But development in AI technology has been so quick the last few months that it definitely makes you wonder.

I continue to worry that we’re going to have something of a “perfect storm” that will happen in late 2024, early 2025 when we have both the fucking “Fourth Turning” and a “Petite Singularity.” But hopefully, that won’t happen. Hopefully, we’ll punt all our problems down the road another four years.

But…I’m really concerned that all hell is going to break lose starting late next year. I would prefer that didn’t happen because, lulz, I want to try to get a novel published in the traditional manner and even if I stick the landing, post-production is so long it could be 2025, 2026 or 2027 before the novel actually hits shelves.

Now, For Two Months Of Development

By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Now that I have finished a public beta of the novel, I am going to spend two months – until September 1st — waiting for the beta reader process to play out and also doing a lot of development.

I already have a lot of ideas as to how to make the story better. It’s currently 81,000 words, so I have a solid 20,000 words I can add before I have to worry about the novel being too long.

A key thing I have to work on is fleshing out descriptions of things and also fleshing out characters. Just from people’s comments on what I’ve shown them of late, that seems to be the biggest complaint — I’m too close to the subject matter to the point that a lot of what’s going on is in my head, not the page. I have to change that.

Also, I’m going to start serious development on a scifi novel that has a single (male) POV and will hopefully be just about 100,000 words. Hopefully, that will fix every fucking complaint “woke” fucking assholes might have about the other novel. UGH.

Anyway, I’m pretty pleased with the public beta. It has some obvious problems with it, but I hope to fix them all soon enough. I am, however, continuing to worry about the potential perfect storm of Fourth Turning / Petite Singularity that is going to happen while I try to get this fucking novel published. It’s so annoying.

Hollywood’s Real A.I. Problem

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

The real A.I. problem that faces Hollywood is not what you might think. The issue is not so much it taking creative jobs, it’s that most of what Hollywood creates at the moment with people is, well, rather formulaic.

As such, it’s very easy to assume that very, very soon most of Hollywood will AI generated and no one will notice because of how bad what Hollywood generates at the moment is.

It sucks, but it definitely seems to be the future. MidJourney keeps getting better and better and there will come a moment when MidJourney is hooked up to the moving imagine and ChatGPT and…ta-day….99% of Hollywood is AI generated and the average person won’t even notice.