# Zone Out: An AI Created Movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-out-an-ai-created-movie/816003>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 13, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-out-an-ai-created-movie/816003 "2018-06-13T01:00:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-out-an-ai-created-movie/816003/1 "2018-06-13T01:00:22Z")

</div>

It sucks.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vUgUeFu2Dcw/maxresdefault.jpg "Zone Out | A Sci-Fi Short Film Starring Thomas Middleditch") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUgUeFu2Dcw)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-out-an-ai-created-movie/816003/2 "2018-06-13T04:13:19Z")

</div>

With a review like that, how could I NOT watch?

You should smell this cat box, it’s awful!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-out-an-ai-created-movie/816003/3 "2018-06-13T04:38:35Z")

</div>

Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there!

That totally fucking rocked!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-out-an-ai-created-movie/816003/4 "2018-06-13T05:04:20Z")

</div>

I forgot to add (kinda busy working on something) that this should be paired with [Skwerl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zone-out-an-ai-created-movie/816003/5 "2018-06-13T05:41:04Z")

</div>

For something assembled by an algorithm over only 48 hours, it’s actually pretty tolerable…no, it’s crap. It’s made up of things that are not crap, but it’s crap.