Monty Python is good even when it’s serious.
Reminds me of a famous quote from Danish humorist Storm P:
"He who understands humor as only humor and seriousness as only seriousness has misunderstood both"
Also from Hagakure (though I know it from Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai):
Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall, there was this one: "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly." Master Ittei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously."
unfortunately Cleese in his elder years hasn't really moved with the times. While this quote is fairly right-on, he's also said a bunch of fairly right-wing crap too.
Edit: Didn't know about his other views. I no longer consider his views forgivable.
He is remarkably progressive and lucid for his age, so I'm inclined to cut him some slack for the topics I wholeheartedly disagree about with him.
For example, his support for Brexit I find hard to forgive... but unlike most of the ghouls that supported it, he seems genuine in his opinions and remains at odds and vocally against the Global Far Right.
Having AI replace CEOs would be a huge profit boost for the company too! 😎🤙
Weird Al should create an AI of Weird Al, and call it Weird AI. I think that would settle the debate once and for all.
al ai al ai?
I disagree.
Fuck this data driven bullshit. We need to return to a time where executives with a vision are empowered. We need to have decisions made by the kind of people who say things like "I know only 10% of people watch Mindhunters but that's the kind of show that brings people to our service".
If things stay the way they are get used to watching 7-8 seasons of mediocre lowest common denominator bullshit and having your favorite shows cancelled after one or two seasons.
I can't disagree with you, but the current executives and how they function can easily be replaced by current ai models. Would be nice to get innovation back, but all the competition is gone now.
Absolutely. I'm not advocating keeping the current dipshits that cancel shows that would have been kept around as "prestige shows" a couple decades ago. I just don't want to see it get even worse by going harder on numbers alone.
We should get started post-haste.
There's no! Time to lose!
Artificial intelligence will never beat my natural stupidity :3
That is my dream for AI tools - that creatives can very cheaply produce great entertainment without the blessings and wallets of the fat cats
Who will take blame when the company goes bankrupt?
Well, that one is on point.
