An AI wrote this movie. No, really. It's having an existential crisis about it too.
“Surplus Intelligence” is a film that was written by Artificial Intelligence, simulated on a game engine, and directed by Miao Ying. Using Machine Learning Text Generation Neural Networks and Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3, the artist trained the AI to study different styles of writing, including behavioral psychologist, B. F. Skinner’s utopia novel, “Walden Two"; the most popular Chinese online novel style “ 霸道总裁体 ”/ soft-core sadomasochistic Cinderella story depicting a domineering boss; opposing ideological theories; and bible stories.
Direction
Miao Ying wrangling chaos into coherent artistic statement
Writing
GPT-3's deranged mashup of Skinner, smut, and scripture
Production
Game engine aesthetics that feel intentionally cheap and profound
Director
Miao Ying
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miao Ying trained GPT-3 on behavioral psychology, Chinese web novel tropes, and religious texts simultaneously—creating an AI that literally cannot decide what ideology to commit to.
The '霸道总裁体' (domineering CEO) genre is massive in Chinese web fiction—imagine Twilight's power dynamics written by an algorithm that also read B.F. Skinner. That's this film's DNA.
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