[ExI] A short movie I created (with the help of AI)

[John Clark]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 8:40 PM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> I gave Claude Opus a book: Finding Myself
> <https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/BVDB.nsf/item?openform&product=publications&item=zuboff> and
> asked that it write a daramtization of it, in a screen play of about 15
> minutes long, focused on one character working through each of the thought
> experiments in a vivid, emotionally compelling way.*
>

*That is super impressive! *

*> All in, the cost was less than $1,000 to produce this 22 minute video. I
> think Hollywood's days are numbered.*


*I think so too, and in about a year something like this will probably only
cost about $10 so the era of actors getting multimillion dollar paychecks
is coming to an end. *

*John K Clark*






>
> I then took that screen play to another AI service (Utopai) that takes
> scripts, and converts them into shots that can be generated in 4-15 second
> chunks. It is a bit rough around the edges, and it was both expensive, and
> frustrating when the generations did not align with expectations, but after
> several days I was able to stich together enough workable scenes into a
> fairly nice piece.
>
> The author of Finding Myself is incredibly happy with the accurate
> portrayal of the thought experiments, and thinks this will bring much more
> attention to his ideas. The following is the result:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBSYNvEgF24
>
>
>
> Jason
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