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t43562today at 1:16 PM1 replyview on HN

Imagine AI making your favorite book or film. Could it be prompted into making Lord of the Rings or whatever it is that you enjoy? I think those who only watched the film might say yes :-) Those who love the book might say no.


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EastLondonCodertoday at 1:36 PM

There’s a few things on this. I’ve read the trilogy many many times during my life. Every reread I found something new, something I hadn’t considered before. Still it was eerie to see Peter Jackson’s rendition because it was very close to how I picture the book in my mind.

So, I think if you know just a little bit of film making and writing and LLMs you know you could not prompt any of them into existence with just saying ”write lord of the rings”

But if you have an idea for a creative project, using an LLM to explore ideas can definitely be a fruitful endeavour.

The gods don’t give gifts by ghost goblins cannot be dismissed as slop. I’ve personally used LLM to explore large sets of photographs to use as a backdrop for a DJ set, essentially to have the set tell a story.

So, as most things, it’s complicated. But at the same time I’m curious what will happen next