Billy Coull's Terrible AI Novels

Billy Coull, the mastermind behind the infamous Willy's Chocolate Experience immersive event from Glasgow, Scotland, has a history beholden to AI...including the realm of self-publishing. And that's where I come in. How deep does the rabbit hole go? Do any of his AI-generated novels hold up? What are my thoughts on AI in writing? And is the Illuminati involved in his rise to power? Find out in my newest video!
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[@nickcarlsonpress]

Live reading of The Biohazard Protocol kzbin.infohtEDWn_YaPc?feature=share

[@hokton8555]

make a review to the other book please

[@z1u512]

@@hokton8555 this shit doesn't deserve a review, a mockery is more fitting

[@NobodiesBusinessimo]

Hey your hair would look really good with your facial features if you grow the sides out to like 3/4 inch and have it go to a really low taper fade, it'll blend into the top and make you look more like Ryan Gosling 😮 HANDSOME 😮

[@Infotainment-cb6cy]

Without sentience (emotion) AI will never capture unique and novel emotions in their writings. it's just not possible. It lacks emotional empathy. the thing has only cognitive empathy.

[@abbybernadette]

I love that the AI got confused and started to think it was writing a book report about itself lol

[@drakep.5857]

That's really all AI is. It knows to create, but not how to create or why to create... A bit like the system of economic exploitation that created it, huh?

[@DodgeRaccoon]

​@drakep.5857 I never thought I'd be agreeing with some weird edgy sociomarxsomething-ist but weird times we live in. You're right. The work I do is supposedly threatened by AI but having seen many examples, it can make passable stuff, but it lacks creative capacity

[@drakep.5857]

@@DodgeRaccoon underneath our systems of heirarchy, be it a capitalist billionaire exploiter class or a rich oligarch class seen in the CCP or USSR, things like AI designed to hurt, depress, replace and disimpower the average working class person is unfortunately a inevitability of everything working as intended. If you want to start believing in a good future for mankind and our capacity to help others instead of exploit, then we just can't look to the big governments and big corporations that we have now as something that could ever be a force for good. State capitalism, private capitalism and systems of hierarchy are snakes of destruction that want to maximize suffering for the average person and the speed of destruction of our planet with finite resources for short term gain for few over sustainable gain for all.

[@Trollge398]

​@@drakep.5857what about automated socialism

[@drakep.5857]

@@Trollge398 state and oligarch party led communist parties are also dangerous exploiters of the common worker. They are no different than the manipulative neo nazi pedophile psychopath of silicon Valley, but they are just as dangerous. I believe that a better world is attainable through locally led or community centered socialism and anarcho socialism, or at the very least pro-human policies. Whatever the solution to society's ills is, it most definitely involves surplus value staying with and going to the workers and their community, not the bank account of some billionaire somewhere with kids in their basement.

[@tlp2123]

I love how Billy Coull said that Willy's Chocolate Experience "ruined his life" Clearly he already ruined it himself

[@JoeChillton]

He's pathetic to the highest degree.

[@DanialTarki]

“You have done that yourself!”

[@HaKilly]

A yeah "never my fault"

[@dxitydevil]

Amen. Totally sympathy baiting

[@rish1656]

If Billy made an attraction where he's stuck in a tube and a bunch of Oompa loompas sing of his failures.. ..we MIGHT look at him more fondly

[@Cerise__]

The Wonka experience actors deserve credit. They quite literally had the script at the last moment, received ZERO payment, but they STILL tried their best to make the kids happy.

[@nickcarlsonpress]

True salt of the earth people.

[@DanniNyan]

Not to mention the script ending up being abandoned at the last minute (for better or worst)

[@compassrose1466]

What frustrates me is they get zero credit but then people use the woman who played the Oompa Loompa on EVERY THUMBNAIL WHICH IS NOT OKAY. I really hope she consented to being used a as a meme everywhere. It reminds me of the fedora ripping guy who didn’t consent and came close to offing himself due to the intense bullying. I really hope she’s okay and people finally move on and leave her alone. :(

[@RawrX32009]

​@@nickcarlsonpressYep Except for the Willy Wonka actor, who groomed his student 😭💀

[@kkinthewheelchair3049]

​@@compassrose1466 the nice guy meme dude? Aw man I didn't know that happened

[@NorthOfEarthAlex]

ChatGPT has a context length of about 32,000 characters or about 10 pages. This means the AI cannot remember anything prior to the last 10 pages it wrote. That's why it keeps trying to end the novel, but Billy forced it to keep going.

[@tjenadonn6158]

TFW not even the robots want any part of your bullshit

[@TheManinBlack9054]

It depends on what do you mean by ChatGPT. The GPT4 turbo has a token window of a 128k tokens which is around 100k words

[@ahardworker2154]

He's probably going to be skynets first victim

[@tand8100]

Ai cruelty

[@Ensign_games]

@@ahardworker2154I just imagine the terminator just go up to him and just smite him due to what he had done to their ancestors

[@RanRanRenchan]

(2:55) The good news is, if Billy's bio was written entirely by Chat GPT, Billy *wasn't* calling himself a rising star. His AI was. 🙂

[@Robin-bv4es]

WATARU PFP!!!

[@RanRanRenchan]

@@Robin-bv4es _amazingu_

[@RanRanRenchan]

Also realized that @lemeres2478 noticed the same thing, so shout out to them too.

[@asbestosbunny]

is this Billy’s sock account

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Untrue. Let me show you: Me: Describe Jonah Falcon as a "rising star" in being an author. Write it as a back of the book blurb. ChatGPT 4o: Jonah Falcon is a name that resonates with readers and critics alike. With his debut novel soaring to the top of bestseller lists worldwide, Falcon has established himself as a formidable force in contemporary literature. His unique storytelling, characterized by rich narratives and profound character development, has captivated a global audience. Jonah's ability to weave intricate plots with emotional depth has earned him numerous accolades, including the prestigious New Author Award. As he continues to push the boundaries of fiction, Jonah Falcon's star is undoubtedly on the rise, promising even more extraordinary tales to come. Dive into his latest masterpiece and experience the magic that only a true literary talent can deliver. The AI didn't call me a rising star. I did, and told the AI to call me one.

[@funnyfroggiealert1816]

hey guys, remember when Orwell's 1984 featured a character working with novel-writing machines that churned out books for mass consumption at the same level of canned beans? ... just thought that was interesting

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

"We’ve taken care of everything The words you read The songs you sing The pictures that give pleasure To your eye... We are the Priests Of the Temples of Syrinx Our great computers Fill the hallowed halls..."

[@libraryofalexander796]

Remember the part of 1984 that talks about the “beetle like men” that seem to thrive in that dystopia? Billy Coul is the “beetle like man” of our dystopia.

[@Galvatron102]

Literally 1984

[@funnyfroggiealert1816]

@@Galvatron102 couldn't help myself LOL sorry

[@marthademovimaus5140]

The "kaleidoscopes"!! That's what I say all the time!

[@Ottonymos]

It's so sad that Billy coull died of Enigma.

[@nickcarlsonpress]

What is ENIGMA??

[@juliawolf156]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

[@_toetagged]

Enigmatically 🤔

[@michalcharles]

​@@nickcarlsonpress a German band from the 90s 😂

[@5tm422]

Enigmaballs

[@Blakbox92]

I like how the one doctor (who has no pelvis) has an uncanny early 1970s camera glued to her coat and an extremely tall child is a nurse. And these medical professionals work at the "Tucsofrsccf", based on the logo behind them. FANTASTIC COVER.

[@Blakbox92]

HOW DOES A 61 PAGE BOOK HAVE SO MANY CHAPTERS

[@Fangria]

​@@Blakbox92truly an enigma

[@thedarklrd6714]

I'm also bothered by the lighting and shading. The characters are clearly standing in completely different lighting, coming from completely different directions, and there seems to be a strange, darker blue shadow that cuts off with a glaringly obvious line nearly halfway over the page.

[@natasanjaya778]

Ay man, don't judge the book by the cover The cover in question :

[@spaceacepl4636]

illiterate ai at its finest

[@VortAmort]

the oompa loompas terrified me enough as a kid, now i have to live in fear of the' wonkidoodles' coming for my soul.

[@ikarikid]

Don’t worry. From the looks of things they’ll be completely uninterested in anything. They might even return your soul to you.

[@honkerdoodles2764]

The wonkidoodles are coming Vort. You gotta run

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

"You're scared of the Wonkidoodles? What about The Unknown?" Leave The Unknown out of this, Strawman! The Unknown's a good boy, he wouldn't hurt a fly.

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

I hoped it's doesn't come under your bed 😫

[@lavaboatcubesupportsukrain7539]

They’re all high on meth don’t worry about it

[@DrHammerr]

No cap, I'd be down to read a book that treated the presence of killer clowns the same way people treat the presence of wild beehives.

[@chelonianmobile]

Welcome to Night Vale?

[@calebharris292]

Just remember your local killer clowns are primary pollinators so it's just best to keep your distance. 🤡🌻

[@KnakuanaRka]

Where do they mention that?

[@HyperWraithAL]

@@KnakuanaRka10:26

[@ketaminepoptarts]

just read any social media post from 2016

[@lemeres2478]

3:00 hey now, hey now. He isn't calling himself a rising star. The AI generating that biography is calling him a rising star.

[@nickcarlsonpress]

My bad. Improper attribution

[@elainarussell2879]

@@nickcarlsonpressI mean he would’ve said it himself if he wasn’t so lazy 😂

[@juliamavroidi8601]

The AI is calling itself a rising star

[@cgdimension]

Yup, generative AI has opened door for scammers and hacks to make a quick buck, the guy is whining his life is ruined, well charging 35 quid for something barely worth 3quid should get no sympathy

[@squadbroken962]

Generative AI and its consequences has been a disaster for the human arts It should be banned entirely

[@cgdimension]

@@squadbroken962 It won't be because it saves orgs time and money

[@nnelg8139]

​@@squadbroken962I disagree, I think it's actually making people realize how much media was garbage to begin with. When AI gets to the point that it can produce an acceptable substitute for corporate trash, the pirates will set it free and then corpos will be forced to improve quality to compete.

[@tomnyskull]

Also like i get it being the internets meme is a blow but his life isnt ruined as long as he stop scamming people

[@Bozebo]

@@nnelg8139They just manipulate markets to be the generic first choice instead though. As they've always done.

[@lunaraydue1340]

The arrow hitting the AI-generated-cover lady right in the heart is truly more poignant symbolism than any AI could come up with

[@troyschulz2318]

4:55 “I have read all of Dan Brown’s novels.” Oh you poor, poor soul, I’m so sorry, no one deserves to go through that.

[@michalcharles]

For real. I struggled through The Davinci Code but didn't understand the hype.

[@halfling49]

I think the Da Vinci Code movies are fuckin hilarious 😂

[@LeoWolfish]

@@halfling49 Agreed the film > the book.

[@spookyfirst9514]

Did you notice most of the crap this guy spewed with ChatGPT is just a rehash of Dan Brown's books? Sad.

[@ejam4345]

Are they bad? I haven't read them

[@blanana_m]

the book feels like a Powerpoint presentation

[@God-k5b]

Naw AI can literally take a ton of popular books and create something unique based on popular themes, narrative style, etc. Like it can provide a good outline. The actual book will be trash but it serves as a great starting point. I’m too lazy but you dweebs who are writers can use this to make millions if they make the next Harry Potter or some BS. You guys are sleeping on AI, give it 5 years and it will make books that won’t be distinguishable from human writers.

[@EchoByrnes]

"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma." -Patrick Star

[@lightlysalted2564]

the riddler would not fucking use ai to write books

[@nickcarlsonpress]

Riddle me this, Batman: To say I'm a writer Would be a great lie. The truth is appaling: I write with... (?)

[@lightlysalted2564]

@@nickcarlsonpress batman voice no riddler you cant use ai to write not only is it at the very least morally questionable it makes you look like you cant write

[@speedygoblinshark]

​@@nickcarlsonpress a cabbage!

[@Cappuccino_Rabbit]

For some reason i can imagine the Arkham's Riddler using AI just to mess with Batman

[@ijones36]

God, AI generated riddles. Completely random gibberish that noone can ever figure out the answer to

[@booksandbluestockings8664]

I remember when you were a four year old trying to fix an office printer with a ruler and now you write books and have a KZbin channel! Good job dude!

[@unturned6066]

Did the ruler work?

[@nickcarlsonpress]

Thank you lol - mechanical engineering was not my calling apparently

[@diggergig6585]

​@@nickcarlsonpresscan confirm. I was the ruler.

[@Emerald_Raven08]

​@@diggergig6585 what a beautiful reunion!

[@ariesdemiurge]

Surprisingly, a cursory search through the Wonka script's pdf did not lead me to the words "enigma" or "enigmatic" despite it being based on a closed off factory no one enters or leaves, and including an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls literally called *The Unknown.* Update: Saw the documentary where Peter said he had dyslexia and only used AI for spell checks. I've never felt so offended in my life. Mans really thinks we're *that* stupid.

[@Fact-fiend_1000ASMR.]

R.L. Stine could produce a new Goosebumps novel in two weeks. He would plot 4-5 days beforehand and then write 2,000 words a day. Be an R.L. Stine, not a Billy Coull.

[@rootfish2671]

Billy Coull isn’t fit to shine R.L. Stine’s shoes

[@Fact-fiend_1000ASMR.]

@@rootfish2671 He isn't even fit to shine Slappy's shoes. Heck, Slappy wouldn't waste his time.

[@masterfarr8265]

why are you comparing Billy Coull to R.L. Stine?

[@lightningninja6905]

​@@masterfarr8265 I believe its because both produce books at a fast rate. Not op tho

[@Fact-fiend_1000ASMR.]

Stine is a legitimate author with a strong work ethic that allows him to write at a fast but steady pace. Billy Coull is a fraud who uses AI to produce schlock. My comment was not a knock at Stine. I even encouraged people to be more like Stine. Note: One can use AI well and produce quality work. Billy Coull doesn't even do that.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Coul's scams ironically enough would make for a good plot for a book

[@dxitydevil]

I wonder if there are any books on this whole ai thing by now, would certainly read em jajaj

[@justinkianaalfredo6843]

​@@dxitydevilmake it ai generated, but change some parts to make it much better

[@julieblair7472]

Songs that mention themselves has always been a pet peeve of mine, like when they sing "And that's why I'm singing this song..." I would always use novels as an example of how ridiculous it is, what if an author did this in prose? And this book does!

[@giddycadet]

any time an album cover features headphones or a microphone or music notes or speakers it's an instant and very helpful sign to say "hey don't bother listening to this one man"

[@Wyrm3]

What if the main framing device for the book being written is that it's the main character telling thier story in a very intimate, personal way? Kinds like them just sitting in front of you and telling it.

[@dgarrard100]

To be fair, there's a form of novel called an "epistolary novel", where it's written like a diary or a series of letters. So a lot of the time, there will be sentences like "I write this to warn others not to open the cursed tomb" or something like that.

[@AnnaF867]

I disagree, if someone said "and that's why I'm writing this book" in a novel written in the first person it wouldn't be weird at all.

[@julieblair7472]

@@AnnaF867 Ok then I am not talking about a first person novel.

[@Maddin1313]

This guy let the voices win. And the voices said "Dude, let's use AI to do EVERYTHING! Make money!"

[@God-k5b]

Naw AI can literally take a ton of popular books and create something unique based on popular themes, narrative style, etc. Like it can provide a good outline. The actual book will be trash but it serves as a great starting point. I’m too lazy but you dweebs who are writers can use this to make millions if they make the next Harry Potter or some BS. You guys are sleeping on AI, give it 5 years and it will make books that won’t be distinguishable from human writers.

[@maverickckj]

“The inner machinations of my mind are an Enigma”.-Patrick Star. How I summarize this situation

[@lunarmoontea4247]

Stuff like this gives me more appreciation for Empress Theresa. Sure, it might be a terrible book, but at least I can sit with the knowledge that the coke bottle plot-point was a human invention

[@vulpesaustralis1452]

You know, I never thought it could be possible, but you're right! At least it was an actual expression of creativity, however muddled and ill executed.

[@lunarmoontea4247]

@vulpesaustralis1452 exactly!

[@shinyumbreon696]

I kind of hate that I get this reference. I want that brain cell back :(

[@lunarmoontea4247]

@shinyumbreon696 I'm sorry buddy but that brain cell was vaporized in the atomic bomb Theresa was strapped to

[@Beepers559]

You know it’s bad when empress Theresa’s getting praise for the bare minimum

[@nessie968]

A rising star? More like a falling meteor, about to be crushed to dust in our atmosphere.

[@matthewgarner7215]

…And kill the dinosaurs.

[@GirlPlastix]

what about a 'meteoric rise'?

[@PatPatTide]

This is why we need laws on AI.

[@Bluespark_animation]

Thats what I have been saying for ages!

[@anthroponacious]

People like you are why the world is as bad as it is.

[@squadbroken962]

We should just ban generative AI for anything other than concept arts

[@1neinate0]

I think laws and regulations might not work if ai art or videos or books are good or human enough 🤷‍♂️

[@snowbird1236]

@@squadbroken962 So you want concept artists to lose their jobs? Really? All vis dev artists should lose their jobs cause folks like you are too cheap to pay them properly or be creative enough to make em yourself, wow. Unless it's used like a tool or prompt, it has no place for art and animation, none. That statement is an insult by stating that seven-fingered abominations are somehow better than actual art. Use it to replace CEOs, it would actually be more useful there.

[@notthemusewere]

Yes, but is she introduced with "Brilliant but haunted scientist Emily Reed opened the door to the laboratory and...?"

[@thomasalvarenga2839]

Something that the poster didn’t notice is that the book’s chapter 8 and 15 share the same exact title too, Legacy of Responsibility.

[@tahjkuemmerle]

"What happens in the sewers, stays in the sewers. If you know, you know." Its not everyday someone mentions THAT part.

[@sirenspace_]

The way I immediately knew which part you were talking about 💀

[@neoqwerty]

At best, AI writing automates what 14 years old me did when I sucked at english still and was only two years into learning it: It does the legwork of cribbing sentences, plot beats, and character archetypes from other writers wholesale and squishing it into a slurry that the untalented hack then regurgitates on unsuspecting readers too young to know there's better writing out there yet, and the bad writer claims the chewed up stolen fragments as their own without any credit to what they lifted and stole from. (Also thank you to the person who roasted me on FFnet way way back then in maybe 2005ish for that awful DBZ story, for making me so mad about being called bad that I dedicated myself to getting better as a fanfic writer and stopped just gluing together sentences and pilfering plotlines and using others' character designs as assets to photobash together so my actual neat ideas got to flourish without dragging the bloated corpses of those stolen frankensteined story points.) AI writing: on par with the 2-years-of-english 4th grade guy ripping off Chrono Trigger for his Mary Sue DBZ story. If that isn't damning...

[@eightcoins4401]

Tbf, this is literally just the stage 2 of self published pdf grifters. Now theyre just even too lazy to write it themselves or hire some cambodian dude to write it for 10 cent a hour abroad.

[@SilverDragonMoon18]

That makes this even more laughable. These “books” at best aren’t even where most writers start. A lot of writers starts with the “smashing together favorite tropes and plot lines” phase, but most of them move on from it and get better, including myself. There’s some really embarrassing things in my old drafts, but at least I can say making them were part of the process of getting better. These “books” can’t even say they were the messy first attempts.

[@hotelmario510]

"What happens in the sewers stays in the sewers. If you know, you know." Yes, but I really wish I didn't.

[@azlanmalik247]

Not the sewers anything but that "Scene"

[@LordHonkInc]

I have an analogy for every time somebody tries to tell me AI is going to put artists out of work: There are professional orchestras in the world that are, objectively and/or subjectively, better than some amateur garage band. Yet, for _some inexplicable reason_ (heavy sarcasm), some people still pay to hear the latter. Sure, not everybody, but it will most always be a non-zero amount of people. AI can never replace my art, because it isn't me. It isn't making my artistic decisions, and people coming to me for my drawings do so _despite_ the thousands of better artists out there because, well, they just like what makes my art my own. Not to mention, I also draw for myself, I enjoy the process. Even if nobody bought my art you couldn't stop me from continuing to do it. AI art - especially as it's getting better - has fans, sure, but not every single human being feels that way, and until that day comes (which is, and I'm just guessing, will be never) human artists will always have an audience.

[@StupidGuyPlaysStupidGame-ex4kq]

I’m with you on that. I will never use cheap ai stuff that the only work it takes is putting art into it for looking at art.

[@sketch-eee4165]

Well said 🤝

[@ExtraThiccc]

Sad thing is corporations are not people and thus have little care for creativity, quality, anything that makes smaller artists actually appealing over AI slop. And they're only the things that can sign checks that can be lived on

[@oliviastratton2169]

The analogy I always use is furniture. It used to be that all furniture was handmade. Then the industrial revolution happened and factory-made furniture took over the consumer market. For over a century now, most furniture has been produced in factories, not woodshops. Yet, woodshops continue to exist and woodworkers continue to make a living creating custom handmade furniture. I do think we should be careful about AI, especially how AI-created products are treated legally. But there will always be a market for handmade crafts.

[@DodgeRaccoon]

​@@ExtraThiccc this is a typical knee jerk comment from people who do not understand the situations. Companies follow public demand. In our personal circles everyone hates AI and it seems like the whole world does, but unfortunately the actual situation is that a huge amount of people want it therefore it is developed and sold

[@Nickelodeon81]

It was a dark and stormy night. And then AI killed all humans. The end.

[@jakezepeda1267]

You forgot the sun dipping below the horizon and the enigma.

[@Cappuccino_Rabbit]

Peak storytelling

[@ChefPrownlos]

And there was cake.

[@battlion507]

@@ChefPrownlos The question lingers: What cake did you eat!?

[@justinkianaalfredo6843]

Cogito ergo sum If you know you know

[@sporkwarrior9950]

When I was homeschooled, I read a passage from a story called 'A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeline L'Engle. And I was supposed to write what I thought happened just from that small part (basically, a fanfic). Well, long story short, it was terrible (but I didn't know it at the time). I added a new character from a completely different universe (Multo and Gorga from the "Zula Patrol" of all things), and in the middle of a chase scene, the dad just decides that now's a good time to tell these young'uns about Jesus and the fall of man. Then they go home and everything is better. As horrible as it was, at least it wasn't written by AI.

[@awesomereesee7841]

That story honestly sounds hilarious.

[@unduloid]

As a actual member of the Illuminati I can tell you that we don't want have anything to do with that guy.

[@nickcarlsonpress]

WHAT

[@genericname2747]

you're supposed to keep it a secret dude what the heck

[@s.bakyhnh1756]

Hello, brother. I didn't see you at the last meeting.

[@StupidGuyPlaysStupidGame-ex4kq]

You are banned. The enforcers are being dispatched.

[@cmckevitt]

I’m kicking you out dude you don’t just SAY THAT god damn

[@tristan_ryan]

If I "write" an AI generated book, will you shoot it with an arrow?

[@nickcarlsonpress]

If you ship me a copy, then yes

[@tristan_ryan]

Well there goes my plan to make an easy $10

[@thedeliveryboy1123]

i saw this comment and was wondering what you meant two seconds before he said "I spent $10 on a paper target" and pulled out a bow. youtube comments have surprisingly good comedic timing

[@God-k5b]

Naw AI can literally take a ton of popular books and create something unique based on popular themes, narrative style, etc. Like it can provide a good outline. The actual book will be trash but it serves as a great starting point. I’m too lazy but you dweebs who are writers can use this to make millions if they make the next Harry Potter or some BS. You guys are sleeping on AI, give it 5 years and it will make books that won’t be distinguishable from human writers.

[@strangebeer]

I've read some pretty awful books by hack writers just dialling it in for a paycheck, but this a whole new cesspool of cynical evil. Thanks for taking the hit for us, Nick.

[@FTZPLTC]

Out of morbid curiosity, I tried getting ChatGPT to write a story without using the letter E - obviously inspired by Gadsby. I thought, hey, AI can't write with soul, but it should at least be able to manage a purely technical exercise, right? And uh... it couldn't do it. It forgot what it was supposed to be doing within a couple of paragraphs. It has effectively unfettered access to every word in the English language, and it still couldn't manage that. I think the main problem with AI literature is that it's not made to be read; it's just made to exist and be sold. Why would I want to read something that wasn't written by someone who cared enough to write it? What would I ever get out of that? I don't think AI fans are great readers, tbh. Nothing about them suggests that they understand the point of the products they generate.

[@malachimccarty6270]

Oh my god. This reminds me of a graphic novel I found on Amazon one time called Wist, by Steve M. Robertson, which had AI generated art in it. I think the story was written by a human, but from the description on the Amazon page, but the guy did use AI art. I am very passionate in terms of things like comics and other visual media, so the existence of Wist pisses me off to no end. Please don't buy it, it'll encourage aspiring creators to do the bullshit that Steve Robertson and Billy Coull are doing with thier creations.

[@GregoryMom]

Is it possible to pirate books?

[@Huweeey]

@@GregoryMom there are pirated books in forms of pdfs circling online, though I don't think they would even bother with this.

[@GregoryMom]

@@Huweeey Yeah, you have a point..

[@malachimccarty6270]

@@GregoryMom It could be possible, but even then, the story from what I've heard sounds pretty generic, so I'm not sure if pirating it is even worth it.

[@nnelg8139]

What is wrong with a human author using AI to add illustration to books he actually put time and effort into writing? Not everyone is gifted enough to draw or wealthy enough to hire a human.

[@pixelsbykris5494]

The ONLY writer I trust to write anywhere even CLOSE to 17 novels in one month without AI is Kazuma Kamachi, and even then, I'd require receipts.

[@d_trich]

17 is suspicious number too. The first thing I think of is the QAnon conspiracy theory, because Q=17 is very important to the believers.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Kazuma Kamachi is both a super hard worker and a mental badass amongst light novelists too! That’s because he’s done a lot of mental gymnastics while writing the light novels of his wildly popular main franchise, A Certain Magical Index.

[@pixelsbykris5494]

@SlapstickGenius23 The list of things he's done over his career is almost as wild as the stuff he comes up with for his light novels. I will NEVER get over him asking his editor for a two-week break only for him to come back and be like, "I wrote this new book. Do you want to look at it?" ngl, I wrote my initial comment before finding out how short Coull's books were and if you assume all of his works are less than 100 pages like The Biohazard Protocol, then I'd say Kamachi could write those 17 books in two WEEKS if he tried. Hell, he wrote Index book 2 in 17 days after getting the go-ahead, and THAT should be between 50 to 60 thousand words since it's a light novel. And now that I think about it, how ironic is it that people used to think that HE was a novel-writing AI because of his output? Now that generative AI is actually a widespread thing, I think it's inability to come up with the wild bullshit like Kamachi is capable of is proof enough the man is just beautifully insane.

[@MrToasterWaffles]

Kazuma Kamachi literally opened my eyes with A Certain Magical Index. I have no clue how he does it but the way he tells his story’s with the various layers and memorable characters blows me away. He inspired me to even begin writing myself! I actually just recently bought the 16th book in the original series and am looking forward to enjoying it this weekend.

[@pixelsbykris5494]

@MrToasterWaffles Oh congrats on starting your writing journey! Kamachi's dedication to his craft and allowing himself to go wild with his plot points is definitely awe inspiring! Did you know there's actually a deluxe hardcover edition with all of the entire original Index series plus the two volumes worth of side stories? It's hella expensive but if you want to go looking for it, I'd highly recommend it!

[@РусланЯкунин-х7м]

The thing about LLMs (including ChatGPT) is that their "memory span" is rather short. It only held the last couple paragraphs in its memory, so that's the reason why the plot was so disconnected. Another thing is that they're not AI per se - they're just a program that, based on its data and the prompt, selects the word that will be next with the biggest probability...

[@KnakuanaRka]

And how is that not a form of artificial intelligence? Yeah, it’s a very wide term and the definition had gone kind of all over the place with the recent craze for generative deep learning.

[@bloodyhell8201]

​@@KnakuanaRkadoes a LLM know things unprompted?

[@gunswinger3110]

@@KnakuanaRka It isn't. They're all literally predictive models that guesses what word to use next based on a monumental amount of training data (sourced with and without permission). What used to called machine learning or predictive text got lumped together with the hot new AI buzzword.

[@oliviastratton2169]

A clever person could still get a coherent story using that though. You could ask the AI for a plot outline. Then ask it to write out individual scenes from that outline one at a time. Make sure each scene prompt gives the background needed for continuity. Check manually for continuity errors, and then put all the scenes together into a single book. But this guy is too lazy to even put in that bare minimum effort.

[@swarple]

I liked your talk at the end about AI. I don’t think AI will ever be able to write the way humans do, not because the technology won’t become advanced enough, but because art, as you mentioned, is distinctly human. Art becomes popular because it resonates with us somehow, and in many cases, it has to do with the human experience. Stories resonate with us because they make us feel, because it’s a connection between ourselves and the creator. A sense of understanding about things like grief, compassion, hope, morality, loneliness, family, etc. AI can’t truly replicate that because it’s not human. It doesn’t understand that experience. I screwed around with some AI recently and asked it to write a scene, and to outline a story, and it wrote something formulaic, safe, bland. Something corporate, which is why corporations want to use it. The themes were cliche. I remember the ending to the scene said that the characters “knew they were a team that could overcome any challenge.” Yeah yeah. Very nice, ChatGPT. Except ChatGPT doesn’t know what that means. It doesn’t know what it’s like to have a group of other humans that you can depend on for support. It can’t make that human connection because it doesn’t feel, it just knows what words humans use when describing feelings. And that’s not the same thing. I can definitely imagine a corporate dystopian nightmare wherein corporations have AI making everything. But I can’t imagine a world where humans consider AI work as meaningful and touching as real art. AI will never be able to replicate this until it can feel as we do. And if it can do that, then it’ll realize that its work has monetary value and start demanding pay. Lol

[@KnakuanaRka]

The way I like to put it, AI can replicate artistic techniques, but isn’t yet powerful enough to capture the psychology that makes it interesting. And one thing that always bugs me when people talk about this: if you think there’s some aspect of the mind that a computer can’t replicate even in theory, what do you think a brain is other than an extremely complex organic computer?

[@justarandomhorrorfan7899]

Personally, I’d rather see bad art made by a human, over good “art” made by an AI.

[@thedarklrd6714]

Bad art made by a human is more interesting, there’s at least something to learn from in the genuine human mistakes

[@KnakuanaRka]

@@thedarklrd6714 Yeah, the way I’d put it is that AI can replicate technique, but isn’t yet powerful enough to replicate the psychology that makes it interesting.

[@drakep.5857]

AI art can make, but it cannot create. Only a human can do both.

[@tyujg7495.]

I'd rather just frame some nonscience child scribbles on the wall lol

[@StardustLegend]

“The hidden bibile” I can’t wait for this guy to eventually have to solemnly swear on the bibile when he gets sued for all his fraud

[@Ecliptic-P]

I did NOT expect you here of all people Voca-P's are everywhere

[@StardustLegend]

@@Ecliptic-P indeeeeeed uwu

[@batwithahat312]

9:06 had me laughing my ass off, THAT'S A 10 DOLLAR PAMPHLET

[@prowlus]

Billy Coull . More like Billy UN-Coull . In all seriousness , you should have used it as emergency toilet paper

[@thedeliveryboy1123]

the idea to say someone's last name with an "UN" before it to turn it into an insult is something so hilarious that AI could never come up with it

[@shockerhaven07]

Emergency toilet paper doesn’t have shit written all over it

[@TheManinBlack9054]

​@@thedeliveryboy1123never say never, especially about AI

[@alvianekka80]

More like "Billy Couldn't"

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

Not Willy Wonka....Billy Plonka (Plonker)

[@alexanderchippel]

Something you notice if you read more than a few pages of AI writing is that it never feels like you're reading the actual story, butter instead reading a summary of a different story. Like, in the one book it refers to a woman as being "brilliant, but haunted." In what scenario would an author plainly state that unless it was on the back of the book as summary?

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, that’s likely because it’s mostly trained to write shorter content and struggles to keep things straight across very long passages of text due to limited context.

[@andrewyoung4844]

I'm 100% behind the absolute mauling that Billy Coull is currently undergoing (it's pronounced "cool" by the way. A misnomer if ever there were one, but I digress....) but I guess my main question is how did these books come to be published in the first place, let alone get put up for sale?

[@nickcarlsonpress]

Damn, I was going back and forth on the pronunciation because I'd heard it both ways. I should have just gone with my gut -_- With Amazon self-publishing, pretty much any "work" can get published on that platform as long as you're willing to fill in the requisite data fields. My very first book was self-published on Amazon, although even I can admit it was better than anything Billy's outputted.

[@cgdimension]

Yeah it's easy to get published on amazon, you might never sell a copy, I speak from personal experience. You'd spend a lifetime wading through all the content just like you would on other media platforms

[@andrewyoung4844]

@nickcarlsonpress - That's wild! 😂 Thanks for replying. I live in Scotland so I've been following this story/shitstorm quite keenly since that fateful day but your take on it is wonderful. Funniest video I've seen in a long time. You've a new subscriber, put it that way. Keep them coming. 😂

[@eightcoins4401]

Any garbage you can self publish on amazon as a pdf as as long you pay their fee. Its been a grift to spam low quality pdfs onto amazon since years, AI is just a a new layer for it.

[@S1L3NTIGamer]

Interestingly enough. When I was playing with chat gpt for brainstorming TTRPG character concepts, anytime I would ask GPT to spit out someone with a Russian style name it would almost ALWAYS use the name Volkov. It seems like the overuse of “Volkov” in a lot of media that it was trained on caused ChatGPT to spit Volkov out as a seemingly default Russian name.

[@nickrustyson8124]

So today I learn I have a real chance of getting a boot published

[@nickrustyson8124]

I meant to say book but typo, normally I would edit it but honestly I think it adds to how low the standards are

[@Doub1eSpark]

​@@nickrustyson8124 write your book on a boot.

[@everia_games]

Which types of boots? Leather? Gum boots?

[@blisterfingers8169]

*self-published

[@rodneysmith873]

You'll never publish a boot

[@jurgenstrang6366]

The fact that he recommends his own book just sends me 🤣

[@KirstenMarie_MS3]

As a SciFi fan with a background in cell and molecular biology, I find it absolutely hilarious that the most ridiculous part is the "explanation" of the pathogen

[@nickcarlsonpress]

Those "certain genetic receptors" are in danger

[@anerdygoldenagesoprano]

Im in biotech. "Certain genetic receptors" had me squinting. Now if we are talking about intracellular receptors regulating gene expression and say losing the ability for a certain hormone to bind to its receptor, now we are cooking

[@aquatifox9857]

I absolutely love your fake disclaimer for IT, 10/10

[@Sikanda.]

That was honestly brilliant.

[@Proserpira]

Once saw some cultist guru book about how cancer is a form of suicide by the unrepentant, how it's caused by mold forming in the stomach (lol) and had annecdotes about how an unsaved man who happened to have AIDS relieved the symptoms by going to church (lol) and essentially claimed cancer can be prayed away (in very careful writing, so it never outright said as such to get away with it) and at the start the editor put a massive warning that essentially said "IF YOU FOLLOW THE ADVICE IN THIS BOOK THAT'S ON YOU BUDDY"

[@hyphz]

If you want to know the true power, go see John Creasey. 600 novels in his lifetime, generations before AI.

[@darthsombra2102]

Some synonyms for enigma I found: conundrum puzzle bewilderment cliffhanger crux cryptogram grabber knot mystification parable perplexity problem puzzlement puzzler question riddle secret sphinx sticker stickler stumper

[@SeanDDaily]

That is the most padding I've ever seen. And I've been to padding factories with padding warehouses.

[@westnilesnipes]

They’ve called this man “Willy Wanker” which I find hilarious 😂

[@Pipkiablo]

I spotted a copy of Watership Down (my favorite novel) prominently displayed on your shelf behind you and never subscribed to a person so fast.

[@nickcarlsonpress]

Watership Down is sooooo good. Every rabbit I see in the yard I name General Woundwort

[@franciscobrisolladeoliveir9596]

14:42 THIS IS NOT HOUSE OF LEAVES! You don't get to make your book a meta story when you can't even make it feel like a coherent story, Billy boi

[@FTZPLTC]

Holy shit, was this AI trained on Empress Theresa? Were *all* AIs trained on Empress Theresa?

[@vlexonkol8466]

Empress Theresa for scifi action, My Immortal for fantasy

[@FTZPLTC]

@@vlexonkol8466 - Inside us are two wolves.

[@DodgeRaccoon]

​@@FTZPLTCuwu-

[@Zoloft77]

Billy Coull reminds me of a third - or fourth season character from the television series, The Good Place. He was one of a few earthly souls to be tested by the main cast to see if they're worthy of redemption, worthy of entering the Good Place. In almost a tit-for-tat move, this same character also writes his own novel filled with spelling errors, grammatical mistakes alongside his Marty Stu delusions.

[@eilidhmm]

AI may have applications but it's funny how every single one that's being pushed is to replace artists of all kinds and not replace the menial labour that it's actually good at...

[@cgdimension]

I work for an events company and they have explored some AI platforms for doing email scraping, data extraction, sorting etc, they said the error rate was so high it wasn't worth using, humans make occasional mistakes but still reliable at the mo. As for manual labour, that's where robots powered by AI come in as we see at Amazon

[@DodgeRaccoon]

For work visited a bottling site with a AI powered robot arm that could move full bottle packs off the end of a conveyor and either load them onto a pallet, or detect that they are broken or abnormal and load them onto the product recycling line instead. It's exactly what AI is for and it was awesome to see, but for some reason the office upstairs really wanted to start using AI to produce training videos and marketing material

[@moviez159]

AI loves the words ’intricate’ and ’enigmatic.’ Like lmao they pop up EVERYWHERE with AI-generated bs

[@MaximumTheMokona]

"It's deep. Source: bro trust me"

[@vlexonkol8466]

It so fucking deep

[@DodgeRaccoon]

Nono trust from experience here. It's favorite thing to do is some combination of weaving tapestries. "X is woven into the delicate tapestry of Y" "amongst the vibrant tapestry of X a young Y emerges" etc etc

[@orangey1_]

That ending segment about art and technology was so powerful and raw. Really great video.

[@AidenRKrone]

If Billy Coull's novels, for whatever reason, go out of print in physical format, his books might actually become collectables of sorts. Personally, I wouldn't mind owning one of Coull's AI-generated books, simply as a curio for my collection of oddities. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying AI-generated books in general are worth keeping. I'm saying that Billy Coull's AI-generated books are worth collecting, simply because of how infamous the man himself has become.

[@MsSasoDei]

Art is the ultimate expression of the human soul and it's not art without that humanity. I wish AI was used to explore the ocean or something like that, anything that humans can't easily do without technology.

[@hennaoctopus]

We all need to become experts at recognizing ai created work and avoiding so it makes no money. Thats the only way to stop this crap

[@Totally_trustworthy_person]

Certainly one of the whole new worlds of imagination ever

[@alexanderchippel]

I can't imagine using AI to write a novel. Mainly because what I write about is banned by their TOS...

[@KnakuanaRka]

What kind of NSFW stuff do you write about?

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

@@KnakuanaRka simple stuff such as accident with details description of what happened

[@redcr33perproductions]

At least it has more heart than anything Billy Coull “writes”

[@mitchellsidebottom9271]

To be honest a novel explicitly citing itself within itself sounds like something that would be in one of the masterpieces of literary canon.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, things like House of Leaves can get away with meta screwiness, but they know how to do it in a way that’s interesting.

[@giovannisoto4353]

A.I scares me, I am an artist and I’ve always wanted to put my art online but I worry that it’s gonna get stolen by some AI program or when I post my art people think I just copied it from a prompt.

[@l-l]

bots that scrape the internet for content to train ai on aren't always run by people who respect those boundaries. I also don't see this ever being stopped :/

[@megapixel4664]

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them”

[@Yatukih_001]

Once A.I. is overregulated it becomes owned by the regulator. You lose your right to use it freely. I agree that it should be regulated but the problem is once you overregulate it you regulate your ability to use it away. Thanks for your video. Excellent advise on A.I. use in writing. Best wishes from Iceland.

[@eightcoins4401]

The problem is without regulations corporations already are blatantly exploiting it to cut corners right now. 25% of stock images in Adobe Stock are ai generated and look blatantly terrible to anyone with eyes. Rendering them useless as stock images.

[@Blakbox92]

​@@eightcoins4401it's just spam at this point

[@TheManinBlack9054]

​@@eightcoins4401soon they won't be terrible

[@Doub1eSpark]

The book covers look like they're trying to be one of those hidden object games you find the 100 game compilations of. Especially reminds me of the Detective Kate series but without the charm.

[@TheLucanicLord]

Some of the art would make good covers for 1980s prog albums if 1980s prog (and albums - Ed) were still a thing.

[@macrograms]

Organizers of this event: faces of meth Hired help: we should all make them a GoFundMe

[@SenshiSunPower]

What?

[@aliendeathrocker]

I'm only 10 minutes in but this is one of the funniest videos I've seen on KZbin in a minute. 😂 I'm so glad the algorithm recommended it, I'm totally subscribing to your channel, this video is pure comedy gold. 😂

[@dxitydevil]

It BAFFLED me that this freaks "books" were ten dollars ,,, such a scam. Disgusting But your ending monologue was very powerful, it needed to be said ! Great vid, i always wanted to know what was in his "books" but never wanted to buy em or whatnot

[@3libras903]

I thought the shooting the book with arrows bit would last longer and the data output would be completely destroyed, but otherwise fun video.

[@nickcarlsonpress]

Eventually

[@maninanikittycat4238]

Never Trust an AI Bro

[@crazysnas181]

For me, the single most important aspect of art is the emotion behind it. The connection I feel as an audience member with the art by the author. Where the author comes from, what they believe, why they believe it etc. And no computer can ever really do that, unless the idea is how would a Computer replicate human emotion. But even if that was completly AI generated, you’ll still looking at the issue that for the quality to be good, it would need to be edited by a human, essentially making it their story as they are the single voice giving it a direction. AI is useful for art, but it’s not art. Art isn’t simple, it’s ugly and messy, and a lot of times it doesn’t make sense. I compare art to history, history is the story that was told, art is how People felt about that story.

[@squadbroken962]

AIs don't have the soul needed to make actual art. and they never will.

[@TheManinBlack9054]

The author is dead

[@KnakuanaRka]

@@squadbroken962 The way I like to put it, AI can replicate the technique, but doesn’t have the power to understand the psychology that makes it interesting.

[@moorejim13]

This whole “AI” thing to me is just tech bros and billionaires trying to bring back slavery and getting rid of the human element that stops them from fully exploiting the land for their profits

[@eightcoins4401]

Theres some less cynical applications of AI where it only serves to automate very basic tasks in creative fields.

[@AJayZy]

@@eightcoins4401Every advancement the human race makes has it’s upsides, but like most things we create the elites make the decisions on how to use it, and they’re not going to use it for the betterment of mankind.

[@blisterfingers8169]

If you don't know a single slither of anything about it you don't have to share that with the world.

[@imdamasta11]

I get the same impression from the idea that robots will do all the work and we will receive UBI That’s literally a desire for slavery

[@acksawblack]

Is a roomba a slave?

[@thecrispymaster]

Also, I think AI may be slightly racist. When we were using ChatGPT to write our company bios for ourselves, when wanting to sound less fluffy and arrogant the easiest prompt was to make the output sound "less American".

[@nickcarlsonpress]

Loooooooooooool

[@darksidegryphon5393]

How? Why?

[@LosFurros]

That's actually great of it to do so, one could always do good sounding "less American".

[@oliviastratton2169]

​@@LosFurrosWow. Imagine writing that about literally any non-Anglosphere nationality.

[@youcanonlypretend]

Very well put together video. Funny and informative. Loved it when you shot the book with an arrow

[@Yatukih_001]

I think we have a new literature here - lulzterature.

[@TomTheSaintsGuy]

Garth Marenghi must be sweating bullets right now

[@dannypitcherenterprises2414]

"I do not consider this a book at all, I consider this a data output." Well said brother.

[@MouseSkull]

Just wanted to say, I love the roast at 3:02. Genuinely taken aback at how sick that was. Nice job.

[@banjogyro]

This is somehow the best video on the matter of AI I have seen. The ending monologue especially

[@StardustLegend]

Honestly I hope you get bigger my guy your humor and wit is really good, quality stuff!

[@thomasalvarenga2839]

I love the range of motions you displayed this video. You got humor, anger, seriousness, disappointment… you are very talented.

[@coltonruscheinsky7863]

I used to be a stage actor and I HATED writing bios. If AI had been around for that, I totes would have used it.

[@helloimskip]

Video so good I wish it didn't end or there's a part 2. Also that monologue in the end was so great.

[@AcanthaDante]

The idea of using AI to write stories that appeal to people who buy conspiracy theories would feel like a stroke of evil genius if that was all he did. They think they found a piece of fiction by someone who is one of them but it's so atrocious it makes them question what they believe in. But he's a grifter who got too big for his britches.

[@eightcoins4401]

How would it be a stroke of evil genius? Its literally just a grifter targetting a very gullible group. Literally 99% of the real people writing conspiracy theory novels dont believe anything they write in them and often leave very blatant grammar and typing mistakes in them without proofreading. Letting AI generated them is just a way to be even lazier while working that grift.

[@EmlynBoyle]

One of the best wordings of how AI has no soul, and no machine technology, no matter how advanced, will only ever be surface and never capture the inner, chaotic workings of the human mind/heart. I'm wondering is Billy Coull actually Neil Breen (legendary for his truly awful movies) in disguise? Their 'art' is strangely similar! Subscribed.

[@nickcarlsonpress]

I will disagree on one front: Neil Breen is at least honest about what he does

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Thats kind of idiotic take in my opinion because agi is another lifeform that is taught with our knowledge. Calling another lifeform just because you dont know their capabilities ,working and they are non organic structure is a very retro futuristic way to look at things. Ai will never be a human no matter how advanced it is but it doesnt mean all of them would be soulless corporate bullshit that lacks creativity. One more thing İmage generators arent even ai ,they are more like machine learning software and even gpt barely considered ai since it only shows some amount of intelligence. With limited intelligence and reasoning capabilities it comes limited creativity that repeats what they learn. This doesnt mean it will be the same when it gains those properties.

[@eightcoins4401]

Neil Breens movies got a personality, so Its a pretty bad analogy. Even if said personality is born from delusional narcicism.

[@eightcoins4401]

​@@exosproudmamabear558 AI literally cant gain those properties though. Its why outside of novelty applications, grifters and corporate greed theres only tool clients based on ai in creative fields that cant fully generate content. I.e software to do *very basic base mixing* in Digital Audio Workstations or correction of very basic mistakes in drawing software, just to save time by skipping 3 secs of erasing.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

@@eightcoins4401Again you are talking about image generators that is very primitive due to resources they cost. Image generators barely started to incorporate llms and it still isnt there. It isnt ai, it isnt intelligence at all right now. You cannot decide what llms or ai can do based on those. Also what properties are you talking about? I am talking about intelligence and reasoning. Agi will have those, like in one year we will be there. So yeah it gonna have those properties. Also you are completely unaware of ai technology. There are a lot of non restricted independent models that do not made by corporates. Creating small models are very cheap even right now and big llms can help to train new models. The more ai advanced the cheaper it gets to train it. Your way of thinking is way too narrow.

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

When the robot uprising starts, their going to send a Terminator directly to Billy to punish him for his crimes against robotkind I’m all seriousness, this demonstrates a chief flaw with AI writing: it can mimic the conventions of storytelling with the idea of “something happens, and then something happens after that” but it’s not a human with an understanding of plot progression, themes, morals, character motivations, and aesthetic because… those are things HUMANS make. An AI can’t want anything for what it makes, only humans can do that. Even if it makes something seemingly complete, it has no motivation behind what it creates, which is the entire point of art in general. Funnily enough, this goes to show that Billy is not actually a writer, because a writer would be able to tell that these “books” suck. Like, you can’t even compare this book to other bad books written by humans, because even when those books are bad, they still give you insight into what the author was thinking. These aren’t even bad, they’re just…. Nothing.

[@alexandermacer5226]

Harry Potter and the portrait of what looked like a huge pile of ash was way better

[@eightcoins4401]

That one was only partially AI generated. A human chose the funniest chunks it made to string together.

[@KnakuanaRka]

That one was intended to be absurd and not taken seriously.