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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Joseph Foley

Yes, Showrunner AI is terrible – but it could be the future of TV

Images from an AI-generated South Park made by The Simulation Showrunner AI

Love it or hate it, text-to-video AI art appears to have taken another big leap forward. VR studio Fable's The Simulation project has created Showrunner AI, which appears to be able to generate complete television episodes based on a short text prompt and even to allow a viewer to put themselves in the show. 

Like with even some of the best AI art generators, initial results using South Park as an example are weird, clunky and almost watchable. Alas, it's probably the future of television.

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