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

[Jason Resch]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 10:16 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Nice!
>


Thanks Guilio!

As an author, perhaps you would be curious to try a similar prompt as the
one I used, only providing the source of one of your own books instead.

Here is the prompt I fed to Claude Opus, along with the PDF attachment of
the book Finding Myself:


"I would like you to help write a compelling script, in the form of a
narrative short story, detailing someone being led through the most
compelling arguments and thought experiments found in this book. Provide
detailed scene descriptions, and dialogue, targeting a video that would be
10 to 15 minutes in length. Please exercise full artistic freedom, the goal
is to expose someone to the bold concept of universalism and problems of
personal identity, and to make the case seem compelling and unavoidable,
ending on the wonderful implications that follow."

Jason



> On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 2:39 AM 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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