Roku launches whole-ass AI slop TV channel

Fairground AI is a startup by Colin Petirie-Norris, a pioneer in the field of FAST TV, who is filling the station with the same low-effort clips that are supposed to be the death knell in American entertainment, the type of stuff six months ago made the world’s most successful screenwriters say, “Hollywood is cooked.” On its website, Fairground refers to itself as “the first-ever FAST channel devoted to AI Cinema, featuring over 100 of the best AI filmmakers from around the world.” Given the level of quality we’ve seen from the world’s best AI filmmakers thus far, that claim doesn’t mean all too much. But this is a channel that puts “maverick over manicured,” meaning it’s creating slop that “cuts against the grain,” like this one viral clip of an inexplicable montage of random shots that approximate a generic medieval film. It is what most expect from the best of AI Cinema: Weightless movements, plasticky skin, and complete incoherence. Now that’s what Fairground calls “premium storytelling.”