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

[John Clark]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> Scene to scene continuity is all over the place. *


*I noticed that too but given the subject matter I thought it was
deliberate, but maybe not, maybe it was just a happy accident.  *


*John K Clark*








> It's an issue I've
> struggled with in my own AI art - though I have it easier since I'm
> just making still images (manga/graphic novel).
>
> Granted, you were doing a demo for less than $1,000 and merely several
> days' work.  A small team spending months and a few hundred thousand
> dollars could probably stitch something worthy of theatrical release
> together - but then, that's the level of time and budget that
> low-budget indie films already are, even without AI.
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM Jason Resch via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > I gave Claude Opus a book: Finding Myself 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > All in, the cost was less than $1,000 to produce this 22 minute video. I
> think Hollywood's days are numbered.
> >
> > Jason
> >
>
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