Hartle and Habersberger had to figure out much of the “generative stuff” on their own, Hartle explained. Machine learning was still nascent, and OpenAI didn’t offer the kinds of services it does now. There was one problem: The technology just wasn’t there yet.
Nothing, Forever began four years ago, when co-creator Brian Habersberger, a materials scientist, approached his friend Skyler Hartle, a senior product manager at Microsoft, with the idea to create a “generative show based on the idea of nothingness” that would parody 1990s sitcoms, Hartle told The Standard. But its creators believe Nothing, Forever is more than a joke: Rather, it represents an important step on the path to new “generative media.” Friends Recreate ‘Seinfeld’ While that may sound impressive to Seinfeld fans, the final product is lo-fi, robotic and, often, unfunny. The short episodes begin with a scene of Jerry-ahem, Larry-doing a dad joke-heavy standup routine. In keeping with Seinfeld’s “show about nothing” ethos, the dialogue focuses on the absurd minutiae of daily life and occasionally drifts into the realm of the truly philosophical. Nothing features four main characters roughly reminiscent of Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer-recast as Larry Feinberg, Fred Kastopolous, Yvonne Torres and Zoltan Kakler-and is mostly set in its protagonists’ respective apartments.
SEINFELD THE BIG SALAD FULL EPISODE SERIES
It’s the stuff dreams are made of-if you’re like me-a person who has spent the past several months trying to induce OpenAI’s chatbot to write new episodes of Seinfeld on a series of increasingly inappropriate and grotesque subjects.īut as I tuned into Nothing, Forever, I realized the dream had elements of a nightmare.
The online series has been running since December but went viral Tuesday. How about remaking Seinfeld? Enter Nothing, Forever-an endless, trippy and distinctly absurd parody of the iconic 1990s sitcom-generated by AI.īroadcast 24/7 over the streaming platform Twitch, Nothing uses OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model and a proprietary “director” technology to create a continuous series of lo-fi, animated vignettes about … nothing. So what’s next for San Francisco’s buzziest emerging technology? Artificial intelligence can already generate artwork, write poetry and create realistic portraits of people who don’t actually exist.
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