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It’s also pretty funny, but only because it’s so surreal.
Decades after its finale, Seinfeld is still a source of inspiration and parody. But I’m not sure if my mind can handle Nothing, Forever, a never-ending Seinfeld episode generated by AI. Assuming that I’m awake and that this isn’t a nightmare, Nothing, Forever might be the strangest use of an AI to date.
This AI version of Seinfeld is the work of Skyler Hartle and Brian Habersberger. The characters, settings, and laugh track are human-made and mimic the design of a 90s point-and-click video game. As explained in a Reddit thread, all other elements of the show (including the script, direction, dialogue, scene length, theme music, and so on) are generated and controlled by AI.
Naturally, Nothing, Forever focuses on the four main characters of Seinfeld—Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine. These characters use made-up names, such as “Larry” and “Yvonne,” presumably for copyright purposes. (Yeah, “Larry” is probably a reference to Larry David.)
“Nothing, Forever is built using a combination of machine learning, generative algorithms (we use ‘generative’…
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