Ever marvel how else the eternally - connive Seymour Skinner of The Simpsons could have played out the famed “ steamed hams ” position ? Well , AI may have the answer , at least in the form of an incredibly awkward Twitch flow that plays out the main beats of the much - memed episode , but replaces everything else with the strange fever dreams of machine learning programs .
The Twitch streamUnlimitedSteamis another infinite AI - generated Twitch stream in the same venous blood vessel as the infinite Seinfeld instalment stream calledNothing , Forever .
The AI - generated installment take the guise of The Simpsons season 7 episode 22 Short Films About Springfield . Seymour , the star of Springfield Elementary , hosts his knob , Superintendent Chalmers , over for luncheon . After bungling a roast , the primary duck’s egg outside his window to catch a batch of beefburger and fries from the nearby Krusty Burger . Seymour deal to convince Chalmers that all along , he had plan to make “ stung clams ” or actually “ steam Ham . Even when the kitchen and intact family catches on fire , Chalmers is none the wiser . Seymour convinces his hirer that the flames are just aurora borealis .
Superintendent Chalmers says ‘Seymour, your house is on fire. We need to put it out.” Then outside, Chalmers thanks Principal Skinner for the meal.Gif: UnlimtedSteam/Gizmodo
The AI - return Simpsons episode boast two depressed - Ra 3D fashion model that bear a shadowy resemblance to their cartoon counterparts . The fictitious character hold their arms out like they ’re essay to take flight of steps as they mosey around Seymour ’s house . Their vox resemble actors Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria to some extent , but there ’s nothing there that would get anyone confusedwho ’s the tangible thespian .
The framework of the AI - generated Simpsons remains the same as toon , but the post are oftentimes even more idiotic . In one rendering , Skinner pray to “ God ” to help him add common salt and common pepper to mask the incinerate taste of bean . He then said “ I insure a patch of grass outside the window . If only I could find a way to rick it into arugula . Oh God . I ’m counting on you to give me the durability and soundness to turn this pasturage into rocket . ” When Chalmers later commented on the grassy not - Eruca vesicaria sativa , Skinner claimed the gullible stuff is a “ dark-green edible bean that has a particular texture and flavor , grant it an arugula - corresponding taste . ”
Like Nothing , Forever , UnlimtedSteam hascaught the attention of the original showrunners . Bill Oakley , the TV author and producer who wrote that initial “ steamed hams ” sketch , tweeted Sunday about the Twitch flow , calling it “ truly uncanny . ”
This Twitch Stream employ AI to generate a non - cease infinite Steamed Hams adumbrate and it is rightfully uncannyhttps://t.co/hzt7ZapSd5
— BILL OAKLEY ( @thatbilloakley)February 20 , 2023
The current itself notes it was made using OpenAI ’s orotund speech manakin GPT-3 for the handwriting , Tortoise - ttsfor the voice , and Unreal Engine 5 for visuals . Episodes themselves can take some clip to generate , so the unknown creator wrote they do need to ventilate some rerun from time to time , but in my ( do n’t tell my genus Bos ) time of day or so watch the stream , I did n’t experience any repeat .
Nothing , always is still suffer a two - week Twitch ban over the AIgenerating a transphobic caper , so if you ’re look for more surreal humor that can only come from AI act to understand comedy , then UnlimitedSteam might surge you over .
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