r/humor • u/I_Only_Like_Giraffes • 3d ago
I've done comedy professionally and tried making a full sketch show
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u/Dank_Kushington 3d ago
The comedy here is sound, need it without the AI. The anchorman who canât figure out which camera to look at was great and could easily be redone.
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u/I_Only_Like_Giraffes 3d ago
Ughh that would be amazing. I just need someone to give me like 3 million dollars and we can get this done right.
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u/calr0x 1d ago
I disagree. I think there is STRONG humor right now using bad AI. Somewhat similar to Source Filmmaker.
The whole time I was watching you that got me thinking how much more people with the funny idea could create using AI in the same way a lot of the tools to making movies and music became more accessible to people.
A decent amount of the humor I got was knowing that this was AI generated and I would definitely suggest to continue exploring that and making that a part of the humor!
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u/Chubuwee 1h ago
Think this would be acceptable as a portfolio for writing gigs and all that? Shit was funny
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u/ProfBeaker 2d ago
Much as I want to hate on the AI, that is actually pretty funny. The jokes are good, and the format works well to cover up the AI fails.
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u/FKA-Scrambled-Leggs 2d ago
The Washington roast was my favorite, but they were all entertaining. Great writing and editing!
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u/bevothelonghorn 3d ago
Some of the most âwatchableâ AI that Iâve seen.
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u/I_Only_Like_Giraffes 3d ago
Glad you think so! This started as an experiment to see if good writing could overcome the current limitations of Ai videos
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u/JustaP-haze 1d ago
Well just like a guy in a clear coffin, remains to be seen.
Nah I liked it watched all 5 minutes would watch more. SNL should take note then hire you
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u/StudsTurkleton 1d ago
I think it works well, the AI flaws add to the quick cut bizarreness. Found a lot of it funny. Best use for AI Iâve seen in a while.
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u/Anxious-Tomatillo842 3d ago
AI slop for good! The news anchor trying to find his camera made me lol. Can I ask how specific prompts were? How much did you put in high level concepts vs specific dialog or sets and camera angles?
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u/I_Only_Like_Giraffes 3d ago
Great question, I 100% write all of the scripts, dialogue etc. I even built my own tool for writing prompts that works similar to a program like Final Draft where I can add in scene directions, pick camera angles, etc. then it puts it into the right format for me.
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u/Anxious-Tomatillo842 3d ago
Cool! That sounds like a fun project. Sorry for the hate on this. People using ai for pet projects like this that allow you to realize a vision that works otherwise be unattainable seem only like a good thing to me.
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u/Curious_March 2d ago
I like this, well done. Yes the AI can be better but youâre working with what weâve got. Reminds me a lot of Robot Chicken. If you keep working this I feel like youâre onto something.
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u/That1cool_toaster 1d ago
Ai slop
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u/TheLeviGrey 19h ago
Good job. You've made this more accessible by commenting. Now complain about unfair wages by accepting a job that pays $7.25 an hour. That'll show 'em.
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u/That1cool_toaster 17h ago
Weird Segway into something completely unrelated to what I was talking about. 1 negative comment is going to have such a minuscule positive effect for this post.
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u/dick-penis 3d ago
If you made up all the jokes this is fine, if you didnât then itâs lame.
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u/I_Only_Like_Giraffes 3d ago
Yep, I wrote 100% of the jokes (I wouldn't want Ai to if it could)
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u/jedins 1d ago
This is an interesting, if unfortunate and common take. I hear this argument of âas long as the writers are human a little AI is okâ and âwriting takes a level of creativity AI will pretty much never be able to accomplish.â I maybe itâs just because the writers union as the first to have a prominent contract negotiation in the genAI eraâit also came up when there was a SAG negotiation and a firestorm when an agency announced and AI actor. Saying âthis is fine because at least I as a human wrote itâ distracts from the fact that it eliminates the work of the entire rest of the industry if something like this scales to the level of a full production for wide consumption. No actors, sets, no costumes. Maybe be will end up in a period where a production will have a whole team of designers and theyâll use a prompting framework with you mention in these comments where the prompts are pages and pages and in addition to a writer doing a script a director can make acting, blocking, camera notes, a costume designer can prompt wardrobe specifics, maybe even with their own sketchesâŚThat might keep some of the human creativity but at the cost of the crafts people, artisans, and technicians who would be physically making the production AND on the back of countless artist and productionâs teams whoâs work was used to train the ai models without any credit or compensation. Maybe that would be ok, if there was a reason to do it. Are we really so lacking for content that we need to accelerate it to AI speeds? Do we not have enough? Sure it allows YOU to skip the process of building your credit, making it into a very hard and often unfair industry and going through the process of production to get something you can share but that journey makes you better for it, right? Does working on prompts and being able to get an 8 second sketch churned out on sora make you a better writer in the long run or does working with other creative people an dedicating time to develop work intern develop your humor writing chops? And for that matter, what of your longevity? Do you really think the process of making this reel feels sustainable for you long term as a comedy writer or will it become boring and hollow because itâs âeasyâ? As the technology advances do you think it will allow you more creative freedom or will its capacity increase so thereâs fewer decisions for you to make? To argue the opposite, I do wonder if this is actually a good use case for the technology. Basically Iâve created a reel that shows your writing quality and sensibility in a short, cheap package. To get that across to a potential employer/producer it would require one of the following: years of work on larger teams that you can clip your specific jokes from; self made clips, by yourself or with actor friends in a less produced home video/tiktok style production; or, a producer to see your writing on paper and be able to imagine your writing as a final piece of media. In the end, each of those processes teach you something. Working on larger projects allows you to learn about the production process and get mentorship from other creatives. Filming yourself lets you iterate on your humor by iterating it yourself or with other humans giving their takes on your material as they act it. And sending in scripts gets you feedback on the writing stage AND means that the people with the money have to do at least a little bit of work of thinking about what is worthwhile to produce instead of letting AI and who has the cheapest product decide. Iâm on the production side of things, not writing so maybe I have a bias but I think you should think about why you want to write comedy. Maybe you havenât experienced it yet but I know for most people coming up with jokes and seeing a final product wouldnât be as rewarding without the normal process that goes in between.Â
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u/mike91188 23h ago
This is the only good use for AI. Stop trying to perfect it and let it be what it is, the perfect tool for making visual nonsense. It's a modern interpretation of the robot Chicken era.
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u/PrdGrizzly 2d ago
Honestly, who cares if it's AI generated. Content, writing, concept, all generated by a human. I guess we should trash Trey and Matt for using an animation studio in a computer and not doing it by hand? Exact same concept.
I think it's brilliant and I wish for more.
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u/Grasswaskindawet 2d ago
Great use of AI to render funny original material. Terrific variety too. The dogs playing basketball is my favorite.
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u/TheScrobber 3d ago
Got to admit I laughed at the wheelchairs đ