# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

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**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/494 "2024-02-29T00:21:42Z")

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An entertainment company in Glasgow was charging 30 pounds a head this weekend for a “virtual Willy Wonka” experience that was billed as a fully immersive experience on par with the imagery from the book and movies.

When customers arrived, it turned out the promotional photos were all AI-generated and the actual experience was a sparsely decorated warehouse with cardboard props, matte backdrops, and a “lemonade river” that consisted of a card table with plastic soda cups on it.

The actors were also given an AI-generated script which made no sense, included dialogue and stage directions for the audience, called for physics-defying bubbles and lasers shooting out of people’s fingers and an actor being sucked up by a giant vacuum cleaner, and featured an evil monster called “the Unknown” that lives in the walls of Wonka’s factory and wants to steal an “Anti-Graffiti Gobstopper” thwt would allow him to (checks notes) stop children’s parents from cleaning their rooms.

It was such a disappointment that paying customers called the police and the event was shut down.

[https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/travel/willy-wonka-inspired-experience-glasgow-intl-scli/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/travel/willy-wonka-inspired-experience-glasgow-intl-scli/index.html)

[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHTgg05bEAAIAKD?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHTgg05bEAAIAKD?format=jpg&name=large)

> <https://twitter.com/AlsikkanTV/status/1762235022851948668>

> <https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1762849884485353695>

> <https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1762850543074976101>

> <https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1762855560762830945>

> <https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1762858643987341428>

> <https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/1762861405198246011>

I think we can safely say we don’t have to worry about AI taking away writer’s jobs just yet.

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