{"id":8446,"date":"2026-01-30T16:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/darren-aronofsky-ai-slop\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:05:37","slug":"darren-aronofsky-ai-slop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/darren-aronofsky-ai-slop\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Aronofsky\u2019s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The use of generative AI in creative fields has turned into a flame war<\/a> \u2014 a nightmare of meaningless and derivative AI slop that we\u2019re seemingly unable to awaken from. The internet is being asphyxiated<\/a> by incoherent AI-generated drivel<\/a> as tech leaders continue to assure us that it\u2019s the future we\u2019ve always wanted.<\/p>\n

Even Hollywood hasn\u2019t been safe from the onslaught, despite some of the biggest names<\/a> in the industry publicly excoriating use of the tech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, noted director Darren Aronofsky \u2014 a renowned filmmaker behind films including \u201cRequiem for a Dream,\u201d \u201cBlack Swan,\u201d and \u201cThe Fountain\u201d \u2014 signed a partnership between his AI studio Primordial Soup and Salesforce, TIME Studios, and Google\u2019s DeepMind for an almost entirely AI-generated drama series about the American Revolution titled \u201cOn This Day\u2026 1776.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first<\/a> two<\/a> three-minute episodes are already available to watch on YouTube, but we can\u2019t in good conscience recommend anybody to seek them out.<\/p>\n

Even an early teaser trailer<\/a> suffers from all of the usual drawbacks of the tech, from uncanny facial features to scrambled, illegible text. <\/p>\n

Users were appalled at the tasteless result, accusing Aronofsky of relying on the tech as a gimmick and refusing to pay real actors \u2014 while exploiting existing art by regurgitating it through AI.<\/p>\n

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The production appears to have little regard for historical accuracy, with historian Mateusz Fafinski noticing the AI bungling up the front page of the important 47-page pamphlet \u201cCommon Sense,\u201d which was distributed by Thomas Paine to advocate for American independence prior to the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHappy to see that there is no need to worry about the historical accuracy of new 1776 AI slop because it happens in the mystical land of \u039bamereedd,\u201d Fafinski wrote in a post on Blusky<\/a>, referring to the mangled letters visible in the series\u2019 teaser.<\/p>\n

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Fafinski also pointed out<\/a> that despite being fresh off the press, the pamphlets are already somehow \u201cstained and foxed immediately after printing to look real and \u2018old.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Those aren\u2019t the only signs of an uncanny valley. Facial features appear massively oversharpened. Teeth are just a little too white, considering the lack of dental hygiene at the time.<\/p>\n

An AI render of what appears to be Benjamin Franklin looks more like it was yanked out of a lower-budget video game, resembling Gollum from \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d more than the Founding Father, as PC Gamer<\/em> points out<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Another user noticed that the siding of one of the buildings looks a touch too modern for the 1700s.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove that early American colonial vinyl siding,\u201d they wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The AI\u2019s ability to gauge perspective also leaves much to be desired. One brief moment shows a group of people gathered on top of a distant hill. But compared to the height of a nearby building<\/a>, the individuals appear to be well over 12 feet tall.<\/p>\n

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In short, attention to detail is clearly lacking \u2014 a sign that AI may not yet be up to the task, even for a beloved filmmaker like Aronofsky. Other netizens were similarly appalled by the poor showing, likening it to a \u201cCoca Cola Christmas ad,\u201d a reference to a familiar AI slop slip-up<\/a> that blew up in the mega corporation\u2019s face last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cA director should completely lose their career for this,\u201d one user tweeted<\/a>. \u201cHis Wikipedia should say former filmmaker from now on no matter what else he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the Google money was worth the reputational damage,\u201d another user mocked<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aronofsky didn\u2019t completely snub human actors, signing on Screen Actors Guild-represented voice actors for the slop fest. It was also edited, mixed, and color graded by a presumably human \u201cpost-production team,\u201d according to a press release<\/a>. American film music composer Jordan Dykstra has also signed on to score the series.<\/p>\n

The people behind the project are adamant that the lazy reliance on generative AI is the future of Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is a glimpse at what thoughtful, creative, artist-led use of AI can look like \u2014 not replacing craft, but expanding what\u2019s possible and allowing storytellers to go places they simply couldn\u2019t before,\u201d said TIME Studios president Ben Bitonti in a statement.<\/p>\n

But considering the outpouring of criticism that the teaser trailer has already received, \u201cOn This Day\u2026 1776\u201d likely won\u2019t be one for the history books. It\u2019s yet another embarrassing instance<\/a> of once-respected filmmakers cashing in by cutting one too many corners. <\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for sure: the haters are having a field day.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a lifelong Aronofsky skeptic, I\u2019m feeling insanely vindicated right now,\u201d quipped<\/a> playwright Ashley Naftule.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a terrible time to have eyes,\u201d one YouTube user lamented<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More on AI slop:<\/strong> AI Is Causing Cultural Stagnation, Researchers Find<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Darren Aronofsky\u2019s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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