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Breaking Badcreator Vince Gilligan had some things to say about the entertainment industry now utilizing more artificial intelligence. In short, he’s not a fan, especially if it gets in the way of those trying to create their story through their own creative minds instead of machines.
Gilligan went as far as comparing AI doing its own screenwriting to toasters making a piece of toast while also calling out rich Hollywood executives for taking a shortcut to get richer. TheBreaking Badcreator even went as far as accusing Artificial Intelligence of plagiarizing other people’s work. Gilligan also doesn’t havemany issues with AIas a whole. Just how it affects creative writing.
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TheBreaking Badcreator let it all out while talking withVariety. “As the last six or nine months have progressed, I’ve somewhat kept abreast of this ‘marvel’ of AI. I think it’s a lot of horses***. It’s a giant plagiarism machine, in its current form. I think ChatGPT knows what it’s writing like a toaster knows that it’s making toast. There’s no intelligence — it’s a marvel of marketing. It may well become sentient and truly intelligent,” Gilligan said. “Down the line there may be a moment of singularity where it actually becomes a threat, but right now it’s just a plagiarism machine. It’s a bunch of billionaires trying to become trillionaires by selling this thing as some kind of momentous sea change. It certainly will have its uses in writing legal briefs and stuff like that, but I don’t think it’s going to take over for writers of fiction.”
Gilligan has a point that artificial intelligence is a program that wouldn’t be able to capture the same magic that an actual human mind can. However, there are certain advantages to artificial intelligence thinking out the plot of a story as opposed to a human showrunner. For example, artificial intelligence likely won’t suffer from writer’s block and doesn’t need a staff or chain of command to get the ideas out. Gilligan allegedly had issues like thesewhen they were filmingBreaking Bad, per one of his former writers.
Gilligan’s frustration is understandable. It’s no fun to see a computer-generated program get in the way of someone else’s way of life just because Hollywood wants to save a few bucks. Gilligan’s place is safe since he created two of the most well-received shows ever. He’s not going to lose his job in Hollywood any time soon. Even more than that,Breaking Badinfluenced similar showsafter the show ended. But while his place is secure, plenty of aspiring writers will get their hopes dashed because filthy rich producers will take every chance to save money.
If artificial intelligence proves to be an effective way of providing entertainment, Gilligan may change his mind because he could potentially expand theBreaking Baduniverse with such an asset. However, the man has shown himself to be a creative genius who only works by his terms.Better Call Saulbeing as good as it washad little to do withBreaking Badand more to do with Gilligan having another story to tell. Fans would love to see more stories, but they would also like to see it from Gilligan’s mind. Artificial intelligence may not be able to re-create Gilligan’s magic, but it could give him some ideas.
