A Computer Wrote This Movie, and It’s, Uh, Interesting

In the wake of Google’s AI Go victory, filmmaker Oscar Sharp turned to his technologist collaborator Ross Goodwin to build a machine that could write screenplays. They created “Jetson” and fueled him with hundreds of sci-fi TV and movie scripts. Shortly thereafter, Jetson announced it wished to be addressed as Benjamin. Building a team including Thomas Middleditch, star of HBO’s Silicon Valley, they gave themselves 48 hours to shoot and edit whatever Benjamin (Jetson) decided to write.

Lyrics by Benjamin (formerly known as Jetson), an LSTM RNN Artificial Intelligence.
Music Composed and Performed by Tiger + Man
(https://soundcloud.com/tigerandman/ho…)
http://www.tigerandman.com

For more from the filmmakers visit:
http://www.thereforefilms.com
http://www.rossgoodwin.com
http://www.Benjamin.wtf

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Sunspring | A Sci-Fi Short Film Starring Thomas Middleditch

Starring: Thomas Middleditch
Director: Oscar Sharp
Executive Producer: Walter Kortschak
Producer: Allison Friedman, Andrew Kortschak, and Andrew Swett
Writer: Benjamin (formerly known as Jetson), an LSTM RNN Artificial Intelligence
Writer of Writer: Ross Goodwin

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