The opposite is true. you re talking about the creation of let s call it a chatbot that can write advertising copy and a different chatbot that can write poetry. did you come up with that idea before chatgpt arrived? when i wrote this, it was science fiction. it was supposed to be speculative. ai existed and the companies were gearing towards where we now are, but i didn t think the zeitgeist would move quite this quickly. it s moved very, very quickly. wow. so, yours has become less of a future and more of a history lesson? yeah, absolutely. like i say, it s a period drama now, whereas, previously, it was a sweeping science fiction odyssey. this is not, however, a dark vision of the future. david was determined that the audience should leave feeling hopeful about the possibilities of technology. ultimately, it is a sentient artificial intelligence who presents the overall kind of thesis of the show, if you like, that lands the point that to be human is to be connected to one another i
Of technology. ultimately, it is a sentient artificial intelligence who presents the overall kind of thesis of the show, if you like, that lands the point that to be human is to be connected to one another in a way that s intrinsic and undeniable, and it s the al s perception of that that is critical to the moral of the piece. what i need you to picture is this. you are a light in the darkness, a firefly, a glowing pinpoint. you are not alone. you cannot be alone. so the ai ends up telling us how to be human. basically, yes. yeah. mmm. if you find something in your eye near the end of the performance, you re not the only one, let me just tell you that. with hope, a misstep and a connection. ..this story finally. ..begins. applause and that s it from us from the edinburgh fringe festival 2023. it s been a joy to be back.
It was a sweeping science fiction odyssey. this is not, however, a dark vision of the future. david was determined that the audience should leave feeling hopeful about the possibilities of technology. ultimately, it is a sentient artificial intelligence who presents the overall kind of thesis of the show, if you like, that lands the point that to be human is to be connected to one another in a way that s intrinsic and undeniable, and it s the al s perception of that that is critical to the moral of the piece. what i need you to picture is this. you are a light in the darkness, a firefly, a glowing pinpoint. you are not alone. you cannot be alone. so the ai ends up telling us how to be human. basically, yes. yeah. mmm. if you find something in your eye near the end of the performance, you re not the only one, let me just tell you that. with hope, a misstep