Turing

AI is used to write a TV show. Billed as a "Deep Blue" and "Watson" style challenge.

Characters

• Owner of Netflix style movie service
• Elon Musk style investor
• Fred Williams: Created the core algorithm for his Ph.D at Carnagie Mellon

Plot Elements

Conflict with writers union. This will end up tying back around as the AI being a tool. Cite the chess games after Deep Blue. Also hint of it being used in writing political speeches. And tailoring question and closing arguments for lawyers.

The show is a sci-fi show and ends up having the "robot betrays inventor" trope. Themes on children, ties back to Frankenstein.

One of the episodes ends up getting a really bad review and there is a lot of debate over where the blame lies. The fact that it's not clearly with the script ends up being a strong argument for the AI.

Philosophical Elements

A machine is just as "happy" doing what it was designed to do as a person is doing what they were "designed" to do.

We don't lose control of our creations often, instead we lose control of people.

What is creativity? Is a person remixing the cultural elements they've learned more authentic than a machine doing it.

The Musk character is seen by many as the face and therefor the creator. But as the project is unveiled to the public, he is adamant that he didn't build it, just saw the value and funded it. Focus shifts to Fred Williams, and he tries to explain that he developed the core algorithm, but it was only a variation on earlier algorithms and the real work was in tuning it and building the modules.