Uploaded August 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Hi everybody, I came across an article in the New Yorker about the attempt to create an artificial intelligence that can predict the box office success of movies. Here's why I think the attempts to create this predicting supercomputer haven't succeeded so far, AND how I think this computer COULD actually be made. As well what role I think these types of machines will eventually play in the movie and entertainment business.
1:23 - The dangers of mistaking precision for accuracy.
4:50 - Why the attempts in the New Yorker article likely generally failed.
7:20 - The specific coding errors in the movie predicting program.
10:27 - How to teach an actual AI to predict movies.
12:05 - How an AI could learn to write stories.
13:44 - How writing AI's would function in movie and novel writing.
The Original New Yorker Article:
newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/16/the-formula
The T-800 image used in the thumbnail is by Kaareth at renders-graphiques.fr.
Enjoy the vid!
Hi everybody, I came across an article in the New Yorker about the attempt to create an artificial intelligence that can predict the box office success of movies. Here's why I think the attempts to create this predicting supercomputer haven't succeeded so far, AND how I think this computer COULD actually be made. As well what role I think these types of machines will eventually play in the movie and entertainment business.
1:23 - The dangers of mistaking precision for accuracy.
4:50 - Why the attempts in the New Yorker article likely generally failed.
7:20 - The specific coding errors in the movie predicting program.
10:27 - How to teach an actual AI to predict movies.
12:05 - How an AI could learn to write stories.
13:44 - How writing AI's would function in movie and novel writing.
The Original New Yorker Article:
newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/16/the-formula
The T-800 image used in the thumbnail is by Kaareth at renders-graphiques.fr.
Enjoy the vid!
