Oh, the humanity.
“Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker, 52, says he used the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT to write an episode of the smash Netflix series — but he wasn’t impressed by the end product.
“I’ve toyed around with ChatGPT a bit,” Brooker told Empire in an interview published Tuesday.
The British series, which premiered in 2011, often explores how scientific and technological advancement can have a negative impact on society.
“The first thing I did was type ‘generate ‘Black Mirror’
episode,’ and it comes up with something that, at first glance, reads
plausibly, but on second glance, is s–t,” Brooker
“Because all
it’s done is look up all the synopses of ‘Black Mirror’ episodes, and sort
of mush them together. Then if you dig a bit more deeply you go, ‘Oh,
there’s not actually any real original thought here.’ It’s [1970s
impressionist] Mike Yarwood — there’s a topical reference,” he added.
Yarwood,
81, was known as “British television’s first truly successful impressionist”
before disappearing from the limelight.
The Post has contacted
reps for Brooker for comment.
Season 6 of “Black Mirror”
premieres June 15 on Netflix. Salma Hayek, Michael Cera, Aaron Paul, Josh
Hartnett, and Kate Mara are set to appear this season, which consists of
five episodes.
The use of AI in Hollywood scripts is one of the
issues raised by striking Writers Guild of America members.
Meanwhile,
a middle school student’s essay recently went viral after his teacher
realized it was written by ChatGPT.
The teacher took a yellow
highlighter to one line in particular.
“As an AI language model,
I don’t have personal expectations or opinions,” the essay read.
