Midnight Pals: Machine Movies (Patreon)

Darren Aronofsky: hey it's me Darren aronofsky, the doyenne of psychological horrorAronofsky: you may remember me from such innovative psychological horror concepts likeAronofsky: "what if you had some really annoying houseguests"Aronofsky: orAronofsky: "what if a guy was really fat"

Aronofsky: but then I realizedAronofsky: why am i wasting my time thinking of ideas like a chump?Aronofsky: a computer could do that just as good as i couldPoe:King:Koontz:Lovecraft:Barker:Barker: please by all meansBarker: tell us morePoe: clive

Barker: ya knowBarker: my favorite kind of ownBarker: is the self-ownBarker: like, i don't even have to say anything

Aronofsky: i was thinking about how i made that scary movie about a big fat guyAronofsky: and then i was on deviantart and i saw there was all this AI-generated art of big fat women eating cakeAronofsky: and i thought "wow, these people sure do appreciate the horrifying psychological terror of the fat body"Poe:King:Barker:Koontz:Lovecraft:Aronofsky: and that gave me an idea

Aronofsky: art, one of mankind's greatest achievements, is quickly becoming more popular with each passing dayAronofsky: i invite you to follow along as our scientists work to conceive of a future where art is not made by man but by machineAronofsky: movie groups of tomorrow are made up of several entitiesAronofsky: computersAronofsky: pneumatic directorsAronofsky: humans who tolerate machines

Aronofsky: this is going to be the biggest innovation in AI-generated horror since MIT media lab invented Shelley AIMary Shelley: whatAronofsky: well researchers at MIT inventedShelley: i fucking heard you the first timeShelley: it wasn't a clarification what

Aronofsky: see, researchers at MIT invented a mary shelley bot andMary Shelley: [shivs aronofsky]Poe: mary! it wasn't HIS bot!Shelley: fuck that shitShelley: if there's one thing i can't stand, it's a fuckin messenger

Aronofsky: did you see my new AI-generated movie?Barker: well i was going toBarker: but then i thoughtBarker: why waste time watching a movie like a chump?Barker: when i could just get the AI to watch it and summarize it for meAronofsky:Shelley: my guy makes a strong point

Aronofsky:Aronofsky: so did you read the AI-generated summary of my movie?Barker: well i was going toBarker: but then i thoughtBarker: why am i wasting time reading a summary like a chump?Barker: when i could just get the AI to summarize the summary

Barker: I got the AI to summarize the summary of the summaryBarker: so now I've got it down to one wordAronofsky: what's the word?Barker: one sec, i'll get the AI to summarize it for youAronofsky: i don't need to take this kind of mockeryAronofsky: i'm Darren Aronofsky, award-winning creator of "The Whale" and "Mother!"Aronofsky: i made your childhood depressing!

Aronofsky: don't forget the exclamation mark in mother(!) btwAronofsky: it denotes excitement

Aronofsky: great news!Aronofsky: I've got the AI summarizing things so efficiently that I don't ever have to experience a sensation ever againThomas Ligotti: god i wish that was me