I can smell the beginning of the end for artists who create covers for books, records, movies, etc. Why pay anyone hundreds or thousands of dollars for a design you must then wait for, when within seconds artificial intelligence can do the job for free?
I typed in “Three Stooges as vampires” and got the pictures above and below in less than 30 seconds.
I typed in “grouchy editor” and got this:
Nice, but I am not bald, dammit
I typed in “Elizabeth Montgomery in a bikini” and got threatened with a suspension. This angered me, so I searched other A.I. sites until I found one that produced the pictures below. Eh — not bad, but not great.
Clearly, A.I. is a genuine threat to many creative types.
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It’s hard to write hundreds (or thousands) of movie, TV, and book reviews without resorting to cliches. I am certainly guilty.
I thought of this recently while reading about a television show that the reviewer called “highly addictive.” I’m sure that I’ve used that phrase.
Here’s another cliche that annoys me:
For some reason, this particular cliche is beginning to grate on me. “The movie doesn’t know what it wants to be.” Ugh.
I’ve used that, but I must not do it again.
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I like and agree with a lot of what Vivek has to say. He seems to be a truth teller.
If only he didn’t remind me so much of a yipping chihuahua.
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I am officially addicted to The Traitors. I finished season 1 of the U.S. version of the reality show, then watched season 1 of the British version, and am now gripped by season 1 of the Australian version. (There are more out there; seems every country in the world is producing this show.)
Which did I think was better, the U.K. or U.S. Traitors? Nobody does a murder mystery better than the Brits. The U.K. show was less snark, more genuine emotion; less showbiz, more real suspense.
Bottom line: No matter the country of origin, The Traitors is a show that knows what it wants to be. Plus, it’s highly addictive.
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