FADE IN
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 11:00
Checking WeChat on his mobile, PETER sees look-a-like Happy 2024 greetings.
PETER (V.O.): Let me reciprocate with my unique AI generated greeting card.
We see Peter sending the AI drawing depicting a guitar man in the 2024 context with some unrecognizable pictograms.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I won't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Soon, Peter sees on screen many "cool" and thumbs-up emogi. He checks a remark.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): This is from Vincent. Even he finds the drawing artistic!
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Vincent was a visual artist. You can tell by his name.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I'm thinking of creating a 2024 MV of my song "Happy Birthday to You", using AI drawings as visuals.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS
We follow Peter to see on his mobile AI drawings, most of which depicting charming pretty girls.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Like other bots, this one also has a gender bias.
Smiling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Perhaps, there're too many "he-roes" in the real world, now let "she-roes" conquer the virtual one!
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): This bot has another bias. It applies the attributes of one character to all subsequent characters.
Peter takes a look of AI drawings depicting white-haired men and women.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): This is so even though the appearances of other characters are clearly specified.
Prompting "Artistic Intelligence", Peter sees the bot generating a drawing filled with girls and boys.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Led by a "she-roe" ...five girls and four boys in total...
Smiling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): This is extraordinary. I like it. Art is free, whether it's human or artificial.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Actually, I've already given up specifying the number of characters in a drawing, as the bot miscalculates all the time.
Peter checks a few other AI drawings on screen.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Some of them look odd, like characters with three hands or legs, or a guitarist pressing the headstock rather than the fretboard.
Peter tabs the Google Photos app and opens a "magic eraser".
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): To salvage some nice drawings, I'd use this tool. It requires labour, skill and judgment.
Peter succeeds in some but fails in others.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Furthermore, the bot can't spell properly. When I prompt "October", I get "Octolber". Amusing though!
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): The bot also claims to have certain policies and would refuse certain prompts.
Smiling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): How can "A Healthy 2024 from a handsome, white-haired, bespectacled guitar man" violates its policy?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): And after a while, I've no more free prompts left and have to subscribe if I want to continue.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I won't subscribe, I know I'm too obsessed with AI already. Enough is enough.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): If art is a line around my thoughts, I confess that I can't draw that line by myself.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): When I got a secured job in 1974, I learned to draw. But it led me nowhere.
Staring at the AI drawings, Peter is in deep thoughts.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): While any beautiful body perishes, a work of art may not die.
Putting aside his mobile to stretch his hands, Peter looks tired.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - 20:00
Working on a laptop, Peter inserts his AI drawing of "Artistic Intelligence" into a draft.
PETER (V.O): In the AI era, art is no longer associated with just human creativity and emotion, but also with technology and cognitive abilities.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): With intelligent human prompts, machines, despite their limitations, can generate artistic expressions that resonate with human emotions.
Beside Peter is an iPad Mini. We see a MV project containing just original AI drawings.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): With the help of ArtTech, I can also set a trend to appreciate imperfections in all artistic expressions.
FADE OUT
THE END
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