Black Mirror Creator Asked ChatGPT to Write an Episode Script 2s6h2t It Was ‘S--t’

Charlie Brooker claimed that the bot simply mashed up a bunch of synopses from existing Black Mirror episodes, with no original thought. 2k6e40

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 7 June 2023 12:31 IST

Black Mirror Creator Asked ChatGPT to Write an Episode Script: It Was ‘S--t’

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Annie Murphy in a still from Black Mirror season 6

Highlights

Charlie Brooker also learnt what tropes to avoid in future episodes
AI scripts have been subject of controversy during the writers’ strike
Black Mirror season 6 releases June 15 on Netflix

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ChatGPT and conversation on AI-generated screenplay circling about, it was only a matter of time before the show's creator Charlie Brooker toyed around with it, as well. Speaking to Empire Magazine, the acclaimed writer revealed that he prompted ChatGPT to write an episode of Black Mirror for him, which yielded disappointing results, with the bot simply mashing together existing episodes' synopses. This, of course, was expected, considering such AI language models are simply known for mimicking large quantities of existing texts and rephrasing them.

“The first thing I did was type ‘generate AI.

Entering the most basic prompts won't produce viable results either. That said, by tinkering with the ChatGPT tech, Brooker was able to learn what not to do in future Black Mirror episodes. “I was aware that I had written lots of episodes where someone goes 'Oh, I was inside a computer the whole time!'", he said. “So I thought, 'I'm just going to chuck out any sense of what I think a Black Mirror episode is.' There's no point in having an anthology show if you can't break your own rules.” With the Netflix have stretched the parameters by going for a cinematic presentation.

Black Mirror returns from its four-year hiatus — thanks to the Russian Doll). Hayek is featured in the episode ‘Joan is Awful,' wherein an average woman is shocked to discover that a streaming platform has launched a TV drama adaptation of her life where she's portrayed by Hayek. Meanwhile, Paul partakes in an impossible space mission in an alternate version of 1969.

All five episodes of Black Mirror season 6 drop June 15 on Netflix.

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Black Mirror Season 6 37qm

Release Date 15 June 2023
Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast
Monica Dolan, Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Kate Mara, Josh Hartnett, Ben Barnes, Salma Hayek, Zazie Beetz, Rory Culkin, Annie Murphy, Michael Cera, John Hannah, Rob Delaney, Himesh Patel
Director
Toby Haynes, Anne Sewitsky, Uta Briesewitz, John Crowley, Sam Miller, Ally Pankiw
Producer
Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Bisha K. Ali, Jessica Rhoades, Richard Webb, Dan Winch

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