I Think Tomorrow
“I Think Tomorrow” is a journey into the future of human experience, exploring how our shared reality might evolve in unforeseen directions. Through thought-provoking discussions and real stories from real people, we dive into the forces that will reshape how we live, love, and understand the world around us. What does tomorrow hold, and how will it transform what it means to be human? We'll try to connect the dots between tomorrow’s possibilities and today’s world. Join us as we explore the questions that will define our future—one story at a time.
I Think Tomorrow
Ep 09: Can AI Write Comedy? With Liz McDonnell.
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
In this episode I’m joined by Liz, a comedy writer and content strategist (NY Times, HuffPost). We discuss the limitations of AI with respect to writing and beyond. We cover the Hollywood strikes, whether AI can write a whole script (spoiler: it can't), and the coming skill gap when few junior writers are around to replace the senior ones "managing" AI. Liz shares her own experiments using ChatGPT for creative ideation (including a Rick & Morty spec) and why it produces ideas that may sound ok at first glance, but fall apart when you try to build something truly original and, well... funny. We also get into AI-as-editor, hallucinated feedback, and why the already-upon-us flood of slop may make real craft and voice even more valuable.