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

[Jason Resch]

Hi Ben,

On Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 5:02 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 22/10/2026 05:10, Jason Resch 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.
>
>
> Yes, very good daramtization, pretty good AI animation etc. (although I
> thought the 'Otter on a plane with wifi' one was better) But  it soon
> became apparent that this is just another attempt to push your (imo) stupid
> 'universal identity' or whatever it's called idea.
>

As should have been clear from my description of how this was produced,
this isn't my idea. It's entirely based on the book of Arnold Zuboff, the
script was written by AI based on the book, not by me. So if you have a
problem with the message, know it is not my message you have a problem with.

Also note, this idea has been expressed by thinkers such as Shrodinger,
Freeman Dyson, Fred Hoyle, and various other luminaries, so you should try
to understand it before writing it is a "stupid idea." What Zuboff'a book
adds beyond what these thinkers preciously concluded to be true l, was a
number of precise arguments for it, which this video summarizes.



> So the propaganda aspect kind of undermines appreciating how good the
> video is (at least for me. Maybe I've just got an over-developed 'sales
> pitch' filter), and caused me to stop watching part of the way through.
> Although it is kind of creepy, in some vague way. I think it might be just
> on the edge of the uncanny valley. It might be because of too much
> sharp-focus detail. Not sure, but it has the same quality that makes it
> easy to spot AI generated still images. It's certainly not
> indistinguishable from live-action film, anyway. I think Hollywood is safe
> for a little while longer.
>
> Try animating something that allows people to enjoy it, instead of trying
> to persuade them of something.
>

I can't imagine such a thing being entertaining: "Here are some thought
experiments, they could be right or wrong, we won't show anyone arguing
passionately either way for them."

Also note that Nora raises many objections, and even calls the idea insane.
It is not the one-sided propaganda you think it is. If you find Nora's
arguments weak, perhaps you could suggest some stronger ones that don't
collapse immediately? But this is the best AI was able to come up with for
her resistance to the idea, and many come directly from the book itself,
which introduces and handles each of them.

Jason


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> Ben
> "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who
> watch them without doing anything." - Pablo Casals, via Albert Einstein
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