The virtual crowd stuff sports leagues are doing is surreal. Digitally synthesized crowds in stands, fake crowd noises in broadcasts, cardboard cutout fake spectators... damn. Caught a bit of an MLB game while channel surfing and the crowd noise stuff is just weird.
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This is a more interesting development for AI than GPT-3 I think. Sure we had canned laugh tracks in sitcoms before but this is a whole new level of uncanny.
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Apparently they’re using stuff from the mlb video game
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I've started collecting some of this weirdness - both examples and commentary. Feeling unsettled and fascinated by it.
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Something *deeply* comical about the virtual fans trying to disrupt a free-throw.
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