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How ChatGPT resets the levels

December 22, 2022 Follow Up, Geek Alert, Hive Mind, Meta

On a recent Scriptnotes, I showed off ChatGPT to Craig and Scriptnotes guest Rian Johnson. We asked it to write up a plot summary for a future Knives Out movie set in space. We got an answer similar to this query I just ran: ((The prompt is “Give me a plot summary for a Knives […]

Pour one out for “Hold my beer”

March 9, 2017 Hive Mind, Words on the page

“Hold my beer” is getting clammy, but it’s worth exploring why it works as a Twitter joke.

Podcaster as cult leader

April 21, 2015 Hive Mind, Psych 101

Danny Manus warns that screenwriters are unwittingly being drawn into cults. Yet most popular podcasts inherently cult-like.

Rude Awakenings

March 11, 2015 Directors, Genres, Hive Mind

As longtime readers know, I love me a supercut. This one by Roman Holiday explores the trope of characters sitting up in bed after a nightmare.

Help Stuart with AdWords

November 22, 2011 Hive Mind, Software

I have a hunch that some readers may have a lot of experience with AdWords. You might have good advice for Stuart, both in terms of maximizing exposure and minimizing frustration.

Spring cleaning

March 24, 2011 Hive Mind, Meta

With your help, we’re reviewing the 1,440 articles on the site to get them spic-and-span.

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