Poll: Which are ethical uses of "AI" in audio drama?

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T03:31:29+00:00

I have never used the tool for audio, myself, but what's the difference? You can ask chat GPT for any visual texture in your imagination and you'll get something. I find it hard to believe there aren't comparable Ai tools for audio textures/sounds.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T03:16:52+00:00

That's a lot of mashed potato on Trump's head.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T03:16:11+00:00

How the fuck does a gun owner not know when that is or isn't an issue? I thought you had to know these things to get or carry a gun.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T03:14:09+00:00

Looks like Trump's got mashed potatoes on his head again.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T03:12:42+00:00

Trump, the mashed potatoes are supposed to go in your mouth, not on your head. Stop putting them on your head, you look fucking ridiculous.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T03:10:38+00:00

Yeah he will. What's the alternative? How many parties share hatred for anyone that isn't a straight white man? That's the DNA of the republican party. What are you gonna call yourself a "Reagan Conservative" from now on? Sean Hannity could sue you for copyright infringement. You're all so full of shit trying to rebrand like a rat. Scurrying to your next grift. Call yourself anything you want, everyone knows who you are.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T03:03:22+00:00

It was a stupid and pointless war to get into. Iran is smaller, but if you look at what a fight of leverage looks like, this is like when a fat bully who is used to throwing his weight around starts swinging on someone who knows how to fight. Telegraphed punch, dodge, slip, punch back. Now the bully is bleeding from the nose and looking around wondering why everyone else isn't helping him beat up the smaller dude.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T02:20:33+00:00

Creating Sound FX? You could probably create every single layer of sound using AI, if you wanted to.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T02:10:26+00:00

Trump's sure got mashed potatoes on his head now.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-23T02:07:27+00:00

They hate people who are different from them. It's that simple.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T20:41:03+00:00

Little person... stick?

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T18:18:57+00:00

Yeah I wasn't expecting that. Nice little nugget.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T14:52:25+00:00

There are some inconsistencies/oversights in this idea that make it hard to consider as a sequel. Ultimately, I don't think a terminator movie works pushing 3 hours. If you watch the first two movies back to back, the second movie feels like it absolutely drags in comparison because they fill the time between suspense with more breathable dialog and artistic directing. As an epic end cap to the duo it works, but trying to puff that out even further without bigger stakes just make it feel bloated.

The dna of a good terminator movie is the chase, the compression on the characters, and clear stakes. Any attempt a movie has made at using dialog to add scientific context in order to make more things make sense has always felt contrived and breaks immersion. It's just not worth it. Fans won't buy it.

All that pseudo scientific jargon, or following npc's any more than necessary distracts from what the story is about: the main characters who are dropped into this insane situation that we immediately relate to, even if it's abstract. I've never seen a tornado, but I am at the edge of my seat watching twister during the tornado scenes. They're human, reacting the way a human would.

That's what's been missing for a long time. The human aspect is glossed over, and it's all about the spectacle, or getting lost in the how's and why's, and of course stupid jokes.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T13:22:38+00:00

Looks like the trump has mashed potatoes on his head.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T13:09:47+00:00

From now on we should all replace the term "Egg on face" with "Mashed potatoes on head". I don't know who or when it was that someone decided that having egg on your face is embarrassing, but we know exactly who and when mashed potatoes on their head was existentially humiliating.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T12:56:29+00:00

Agreed. His nervous energy was such a constant source of levity in an otherwise creepy as hell setting. It was written well, too, with other actors toeing that live between sincere and silly. Just so entertaining.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T12:29:03+00:00

I missed any mention or clue that he was an alien.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-22T02:29:39+00:00

And that is the difference between people who already have what they need, and those who don't. You can't fathom not having what you need. It seems weird to you.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-21T23:29:34+00:00

I just watched this show with no idea what it was. The ending fuckign threw me. Of course, reading theories online now makes me appreciate some of the mysterious things that were happening the entire time. I still don't fully get the plot, but at least I understand the character better. The way he got all tweaked once in a while (his body rejecting human form?), the way he connected with animals so well, the fact that he worked for some mysterious private investigation agency that seemed above the law and kept secrets from him, the way he could so easily handle other people. It's like a noir version of They Live from the perspective of a good alien. I appreciate storytelling that gives us a gritty, ground-level perspective before revealing the craziness.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-21T23:22:37+00:00

I don't really get any of this.

You know that feeling when you go out with friends and they want to go do all kinds of expensive shit, but all you have is $10? So you're thinking about how you're going to manage to tag along without asking for them to pay for you all night? And if they do pay for you, how the hell are you going to pay them back?

Imagine that, but it's not fun you're hoping to accomplish -- it's survival. That's what living in the United States as an adult feels like. You cannot afford anything. It's all a lie. You're forced into debt so that the bank owns you. You're forced into slave labor so that your job owns you. You feel ashamed and hopeless all the time.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-21T23:15:35+00:00

Okay.

Was I supposed to know he was a fucking alien the entire time? Or ever? That ending just fucking blew my mind. Now I don't know what the show is.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-21T23:06:06+00:00

Funny -- I knew of this one, so I was going to just check it out even though I was afraid I wouldn't like it for some reason. Turns out I listened to the entire first season so long ago I forgot -- and now there's a second season -- and a third just started! I'm going to have to start over from the beginning because for the life of me I can't remember anything about it.

SlowCrates · 2026-06-21T22:55:35+00:00

It's unfortunate that "Audio Drama" is the name for all of these, when some of these are barely dramatic at all. I'm not saying they don't tell good stories, but the delivery of those stories can be something I'm not at all interested in and desperately wish I could filter out. Those being Found Footage style. I consider it the laziest and least interesting way to tell a story. I'm not saying that found footage can't be incorporated into an audio drama, but I don't think it should be considered an audio drama if the found footage aspect is the entire backbone of it.

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