It's not uncommon for streamers to release short recap videos to help people catch up on the upcoming premiere of a banner show. The last thing you should read, let alone write, is that Prime Video appears to be leveraging AI again with a new initiative. fall out Ahead of the second season. surprise! Contains inaccuracies and illusions about the show.
GamesRadar+ first reported the news. prime video's fall out A season 1 recap video was also shared on Reddit. The three-minute clip is currently available to watch on Prime Video. fall out Select Season 2 on the page and click Bonus:. fall out Season 1 recap. ”
Immediately, the viewer is bombarded with a monotonous text-to-speech voice. This is similar to how the streamer's anime AI beta dubbing angered many users, so much so that Amazon quietly rolled back its English AI beta implementation for shows such as: banana fish and no game no life.
between keys fall out The mistake in the trailer is that the robot narrator claims that flashbacks of Walton Goggins before he became a ghoul in the show are set in 1950s America. In fact, as GamesRadar+ points out, these scenes are a throwback to the novelty of those days, featuring a futuristic look with nuclear power, but they actually take place in 2077.
Another inaccuracy in the recap video is the climactic characterization of season 1, which states that the ghoul's offer to Lucy MacLaine, played by Ella Purnell, to hunt after her father was a “die or leave with me” type.
In reality, both characters were fed up with Hank, played by Kyle MacLachlan, and his bullshit, so they decided to work together rather amicably to hunt him down. That seems to be the gist of the show's upcoming second season. But no one would have gathered that by watching this recap video.
io9 has reached out to Prime Video for comment and will update this post if we hear back.
Prime Video's AI compilation videos don't seem to be new. Similar to the AI Beta dub track. According to The Verge, Amazon has been testing AI-generated compilation videos since March and last month. In fact, the company is so proud of this that it wrote an entire blog touting that its AI video summaries “use AI to identify a show's most important plot points and combine them with synchronized audio narration, conversation snippets, and music to create visual summaries that prepare viewers for the new season.”
“Video Recaps is a breakthrough application of generative AI for streaming,” said Gerard Medioni, vice president of technology at Prime Video, in a post. “This first-of-its-kind feature demonstrates Prime Video's continued commitment to innovation and making the viewing experience more accessible and enjoyable for our customers.”
But as mentioned above, it's clear that this program is not built to do what a program is supposed to do, which is to identify all the important details of a show, even when even the simplest, most subtle details are wrong. Again, AI is used to doing that. But even if it's done right, who wants to sit and listen to an emotionless voice summarizing the details of a show's plot with the enthusiasm of a wet dishwasher?
All of this is just a black eye for media companies, no matter the era. But it's especially confusing considering it's likely to be a lot of attention, especially with Geoff Keighley's Game Awards taking place later today. last year, fall out It won the award for Best Adaptation, bringing out Bethesda developers like Todd Howard. 2 years ago fall out Stars Parnell, Goggins, Aaron Moten, and a man in full power armor took to the stage to announce the show.
fall out is a good show that deserves praise, so it's all kinds of trolling and lazy to see the platform that houses it not doing the bare minimum of hiring someone to briefly summarize the show's “must-remember” moments.
fall out Season 2 will premiere on December 17th on Prime Video. I hope this AI prank didn't disgust your Vault-dwelling yums.
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