[skytrue]

https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever - AI-generated (aside from the artwork) parody of '90s sitcoms, running forever (24/7/365).

We worked on this w/ a very small team for the past four years, in-between our day jobs. When started, OpenAI didn't have an API, and Stable Diffusion definitely wasn't a thing, so we had to come up with novel methods to thread cohesive content together. Most of the "creative" details e.g., laugh track, dialogue, frequency of dialogue, camera shots, and so on, are all tunable on a per scene basis.

We're in sort of a holding pattern right now -- no clear path to monetization for the project, and it hasn't garnered enough attention for us to probably get funding based on the technology backbone. Hope you enjoy it! Labor of love. :)

(posted this in the similar thread yesterday but I’ll take any exposure I can get…!)

[gigaflop]

I couldn't figure out how to link the comment, but it was at least 9 months ago I said this, and someone was already working on it?? SUPER cool!

I feel like AI/ML and some pre-rigged models could be used to build a web-hosted sitcom. It would take a lot of technical work, and a lot of writing chops to make it watchable, but it could be done.

Look at Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, a show that was made by reusing old animations. If someone writes a script (use humans for now), then the AI/ML can stitch together the animation.

Once there's a corpus of material, start letting the AI determine plot points, and have humans vet and write it. Over time, let the AI take more and more control over the direction of the show, making sure to introduce new characters or events as needed.

[skytrue]

I think you rightfully pointed out the "watchable" criteria. This is where we got to with 4 years of working on-and-off on it. The hard part is continuing to iterate over the structure to make it passable as a sitcom. The easy part is actually the language model stuff... we have an OpenAI integration, I just don't keep it on because it's a lot of $$$. We have lots of ideas about how to expand the show's structure, but it's mostly backend work that we simply don't have the resources to finish right now.

Luckily, our "goal" with this project was for it be nonsensical (hence the parody part), but I'd love to spin off a new show that focused on making it watchable for hours at a time. Our system is extensible enough that it wouldn't be hard to pop in new art assets and have a brand-new show in a month or two.

[gigaflop]

How do you generate your dialogue? Is it tuned as "conversation between characters", or was the model fed sitcom scripts?

[jamilton]

Saw some articles about this and see you have 10k viewers right now - any clue where this burst of attention is coming from, or did this comment do it?

[sagebird]

Oh lord, this is delightfully odd.

I believe some generate slapped bass licks interspersed would be nice. S*****d’s signature bass licks were actually played on a synth keyboard. Ideally the Melodie’s would be even more odd and sometimes go for very long stretches, always referencing the previous luck but elaborating on it in an annoying free jazz sort of way.

[1270018080]

This is very unsettling to watch (a compliment)

[devrob]

This is hilarious! cool idea!

[generj]

How do you do the dithering?