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

[John Clark]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

 > *I thought the visual inconsistencies fed into the dreamlike atmosphere
> and reminded me of a David Lynch style of film in that way.*


*Yes, it reminded me a little bit of Eraserhead which is, I think, David
Lynch's best movie.*

*John K Clark*








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> On Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 6:47 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> *> Scene to scene continuity is all over the place. *
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>> *I noticed that too but given the subject matter I thought it was
>> deliberate, but maybe not, maybe it was just a happy accident.  *
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>
> It is a limitation of current AI tools, which can be controlled to some
> extent if you generate images for each shot and feed those images in as
> guidance for the video generator. But even then it will make things up in
> strange ways.
>
> Pronunciation can often be terrible. I had to generate one clip 5 times
> because it would not pronounce "jot", it would say weird things like "jas",
> "not", "nad", or speak in an English accent.. finally I asked AI about this
> and it said because it is a rarely spoken word it doesn't know what to do,
> and it suggested spelling it "jott" and that did it.
>
> But I thought the visual inconsistencies fed into the dreamlike atmosphere
> and reminded me of a David Lynch style of film in that way.
>
> Jason
>
>
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>>> 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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