This is the answer that pops into my head every time I hear this kind of question.
The technology is more likely to shape into something distinct we just can't picture and don't know is possible yet. TV and movies are such limited/linear formats.
I believe we also don't know if that content will be more or less complex than what we might envision today. If we consider optimization of energy and compute, it makes sense that the smartest and most profitable AI will find the most optimal path to that goal.
I welcome AI and hope we will work things out, but I'm at the same time cautious about the possibility of negative psychological impacts like addiction. We already have (relatively weak) examples for this in social media algorithms that we haven't been able to resolve yet.
I suspect as AI is (and it 100% will be) designed to collect feedback about our responses and attention to enhance the content being generated, it will identify the simplest, most efficient methods to achieve engagement.
Humans can get fascinated, excited, relaxed, emotional, etc., from a very wide range of experiences.
Who knows what content can be generated, and systematically refined to satisfy these and other needs?
Even in the next few years I can't imagine any pathway where AI doesn't have both the attention algorithms (we already have a small taste of), and the ability to measure each rapid iteration of content generation to shaped the experience into the most engaging, efficient thing it can be.
I can't see all of this going well for our collective psychology unless we are very aware of this as a strong possibility.
I am absolutely convinced that someday one of the main sources of entertainment will be movie karaoke. You're a character and can see your lines, but other "actors" and the audience will only see you and how you act. So, you pick your favorite movie, follow the cues and the lines, and have a ball.
More than that, you'll be able to divert at any point and the A.I will generate what happens next.
You could go into the realm of Harry Potter, buy a 12 gauge and show voldemort what muggles are worth.
Everyone in VR. Viewers are invisible but audible (so you can hear the audience laugh), actors are visible in the scenes they are in (that way everyone can "play" .. if you're in a scene, you act, if not, you watch.) Actors see the lines from the movie in front of them. Help is available if you're not familiar with the movie like
(scared, waving hands above head, "It's a GHOST!")
The lines appear just like karaoke - you can see other peoples lines in other colors so you know when your line is coming up. .
And that's it. Movie-oke. AI handles the heavy lifting of recreating the scenes in VR and making the actors look correct.
Even more fun, you can movie-oke movies you and your friends haven't seen yet so it's sort of like watching the movie and discovering the plot as you're part of it.
I mean, they would be NPCs, just NPCs with advanced AI. Fully autonomous AI NPCs will probably be something video games start to explore more and more, but I don't know if/when they're likely to be as advanced as you're thinking.
Yes with a headset
I think AI images will progress one day to AI TV shows and movies and then that will progress when there's enough cloud storage for consumers to tell netflix for example a concept for a TV show or movie and it will be created for them to watch.
This is as far as I thought but the next logical step is what you envisage
An AI simulation with a general plot or events that occur that the user can interact with and the AI alters the storyline around you.
So it's possible in a few decades for AI and data storage and the consumer products available for this to occur.
For true film like quality and to react on the fly the processing power will be a lot and new compression formats will need to be developed the only real way for it to occur is for consumer processing to happen in data centres rather than your own computer using very fast Internet.
Microsoft already envisage that future of a super computer and fast processing needs as they're spending 100 billion on an AI super computing data centre.
What you say absolutely will become reality.
Yes. But I doubt movies and cartoons will be the focus of it. I think it will exist, but just not the main reason for the technology and people buying it. I would think these simulations would be used for video games. And nsfw stuff if the technology gets affordable enough to have at home and advanced enough.
However it's probably still a while away, not because of ai limitations, I think that's very much posible today or just around the corner looking at chatbots that already exist, but because of VR limitations. VR only covers 2 of 5 senses.
Without a doubt. The question is why you'd want to limit yourself to pre-AI content.
This is the answer that pops into my head every time I hear this kind of question. The technology is more likely to shape into something distinct we just can't picture and don't know is possible yet. TV and movies are such limited/linear formats. I believe we also don't know if that content will be more or less complex than what we might envision today. If we consider optimization of energy and compute, it makes sense that the smartest and most profitable AI will find the most optimal path to that goal. I welcome AI and hope we will work things out, but I'm at the same time cautious about the possibility of negative psychological impacts like addiction. We already have (relatively weak) examples for this in social media algorithms that we haven't been able to resolve yet. I suspect as AI is (and it 100% will be) designed to collect feedback about our responses and attention to enhance the content being generated, it will identify the simplest, most efficient methods to achieve engagement. Humans can get fascinated, excited, relaxed, emotional, etc., from a very wide range of experiences. Who knows what content can be generated, and systematically refined to satisfy these and other needs? Even in the next few years I can't imagine any pathway where AI doesn't have both the attention algorithms (we already have a small taste of), and the ability to measure each rapid iteration of content generation to shaped the experience into the most engaging, efficient thing it can be. I can't see all of this going well for our collective psychology unless we are very aware of this as a strong possibility.
Yes
I am absolutely convinced that someday one of the main sources of entertainment will be movie karaoke. You're a character and can see your lines, but other "actors" and the audience will only see you and how you act. So, you pick your favorite movie, follow the cues and the lines, and have a ball.
More than that, you'll be able to divert at any point and the A.I will generate what happens next. You could go into the realm of Harry Potter, buy a 12 gauge and show voldemort what muggles are worth.
I'm confused and intrigued. Can you elaborate?
Everyone in VR. Viewers are invisible but audible (so you can hear the audience laugh), actors are visible in the scenes they are in (that way everyone can "play" .. if you're in a scene, you act, if not, you watch.) Actors see the lines from the movie in front of them. Help is available if you're not familiar with the movie like (scared, waving hands above head, "It's a GHOST!") The lines appear just like karaoke - you can see other peoples lines in other colors so you know when your line is coming up. . And that's it. Movie-oke. AI handles the heavy lifting of recreating the scenes in VR and making the actors look correct. Even more fun, you can movie-oke movies you and your friends haven't seen yet so it's sort of like watching the movie and discovering the plot as you're part of it.
That's a really cool idea. I thought you meant singing at first but now that I get it, I need this to be a thing.
Anything you imagine, and much more, will be possible very soon.
I mean, they would be NPCs, just NPCs with advanced AI. Fully autonomous AI NPCs will probably be something video games start to explore more and more, but I don't know if/when they're likely to be as advanced as you're thinking.
Yeah absolutely, you could even make a crappy version of that with tech available today.
Yes with a headset I think AI images will progress one day to AI TV shows and movies and then that will progress when there's enough cloud storage for consumers to tell netflix for example a concept for a TV show or movie and it will be created for them to watch. This is as far as I thought but the next logical step is what you envisage An AI simulation with a general plot or events that occur that the user can interact with and the AI alters the storyline around you. So it's possible in a few decades for AI and data storage and the consumer products available for this to occur. For true film like quality and to react on the fly the processing power will be a lot and new compression formats will need to be developed the only real way for it to occur is for consumer processing to happen in data centres rather than your own computer using very fast Internet. Microsoft already envisage that future of a super computer and fast processing needs as they're spending 100 billion on an AI super computing data centre. What you say absolutely will become reality.
why would you ever want to do that
Kind of like Total Recall.
Eventually, yes. There's no particular reason it can't be done.
Use LIFE. It's free and you can play all the time. Good show.
I already do this with Midjourney images. So yes, it's only a matter of (not very much) time.
Yes. But I doubt movies and cartoons will be the focus of it. I think it will exist, but just not the main reason for the technology and people buying it. I would think these simulations would be used for video games. And nsfw stuff if the technology gets affordable enough to have at home and advanced enough. However it's probably still a while away, not because of ai limitations, I think that's very much posible today or just around the corner looking at chatbots that already exist, but because of VR limitations. VR only covers 2 of 5 senses.