About two months ago, I started experimenting with using AI for feedback and critiques of a couple of scripts I'd been working on. Not to write the damn things for me, that would take all the fun out of it, but to help keep me honest.

Curious to see how, or if, anyone has found it beneficial, or if the whole idea is repulsive.

I obviously do not know this for sure, but I bet you a lot of competitions and such use AI to read scripts. I would also be willing to guess that AI has put a big dent into the income stream for people that used to do coverage. I see a lot of those people offering up a lot of discounts these days. My point here being, I think a lot of people use AI for feedback on their project whatever it might be instead of asking friends or professionals for input.

I use AI to see if it spots the themes I'm going for without prompting it and I use it for spell and grammar checks.

I found the advice it gives (so far) on improvements are usually garbage. Especially when it tells me to add smells 😂

I didn't even know you can use AI for screenplay coverage. I was also wondering if it can grade the work on a one to five scale, where one is poor and five is excellent. I tried finding an AI-based grading system, but I could not find it. I think it is a good idea for those who are afraid to post their scripts on websites like SimplyScripts though.

I entered "Todd Martin Mystery Shopper" to a BBC Writers Room features comp on 1st Dec (open to UK entrants only.) The FIRST twenty pages will be assessed by ai to see if if warrants further human intervention to progress.
One winner (from years ago) had her stage play put on in the West End and filmed. The BBC producer had changed just about every aspect of the original script, moved the main setting at the last minute, then got so drunk she remained hidden in the dressing rooms as the writer defended HER decisions of change.
So it didn't really work well for either of them! I wonder if ai will stop this avante guarde intervention?
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Quoted from Reg I didn't even know you can use AI for screenplay coverage. I was also wondering if it can grade the work on a one to five scale, where one is poor and five is excellent. I tried finding an AI-based grading system, but I could not find it. I think it is a good idea for those who are afraid to post their scripts on websites like SimplyScripts though.

I spent two weeks using up as many "free trials" as I could find, and it was a real experience. Instant feedback, and it doesn't give a crap about your feelings. I've paid for coverage in the past many times, and will again with a guy I trust, but it really shed some light on some inconsistencies, and whether something tracks as I go along instead of having to write the whole thing out before realizing that I wrote myself into a hole.

Warning: Don't let it write a scene for you. They pretty much suck at that!

Hmm, I think we’re in the Black Mirror episode where instead of AI killing all humans they slowly replace us in the workforce...😊

Quoted from ghost and_ghostie gal Hmm, I think we’re in the Black Mirror episode where instead of AI killing all humans they slowly replace us in the workforce...😊

Absolutely.   It might take a while, but I can't wait for the bubble to burst.

If everyone just starts using AI to get feedback, what's the point of SimplyScripts?

It's a slippery slope, for sure. I'll never get behind using AI to create art, and unfortunately, I believe we've got a lot more of that in our near future.

But have you tried?

I just tried and it gave me a bunch of bull. It can't be trusted at all, be very careful.

I tried with my own. It was very general, nothing I didn't suspect - I was going to work on what it said and so much more. (who are we kidding, we usually do know what's wrong with our scripts - I do believe in that)

And then, I uploaded my friend's script. The one I just read.

Maybe AI would work for shorts, but men... it messed up that feature. Gave the characters wrong names... And said a lot of things I don't agree with.

Maybe it's because I used ChatGPT 4.3. They say 5.1 is good but you have to pay for it. My daughter has it. I used it lately to understand something about a USCIS doc submission and it didn't give me much.

AI is still very young. And for this type of things it just doesn't work, period. That's my experience with it.

Quoted from LC Absolutely.   It might take a while, but I can't wait for the bubble to burst.

I think AI is here to stay. It will change the world. It's already making huge advances in technology and science. Writers may not like it, but I think you have to embrace it. If not, you're going to be competing with other writers who are using it.  

Quoted from Grandma Bear I think AI is here to stay. It will change the world. It's already making huge advances in technology and science. Writers may not like it, but I think you have to embrace it. If not, you're going to be competing with other writers who are using it.

In the fields of science and medicine I may well embrace it.
Some professions however, should not touch it. Two cases in point:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/20.....l-document/106086724

https://www.theguardian.com/la.....-in-australian-first

It worries me on two other counts: the loss of jobs.
And the loss of individual human creativity.

Quoted from LC In the fields of science and medicine I may well embrace it. Some professions however, should not touch it. Two cases in point: https://www.abc.net.au/news/20.....l-document/106086724 https://www.theguardian.com/la.....-in-australian-first It worries me on two other counts: the loss of jobs. And the loss of individual human creativity.

I agree. I just don’t think that there is anything we can do about it. The cat’s out of the bag. There’s nothing we can do about it. I know a handful of writers that used to be here that have fully embraced it and are cranking out scripts with the help of AI. They seem pretty good too. So, who knows what will happen to the arts?

" If not, you're going to be competing with other writers who are using it.  "
In the UK you have to sign that you have NOT used it as most publishing houses don't want that can of worms opened.

I’ve been using ChatGPT for advice on certain things, like loglines, synonyms and different phrasing, names of businesses. All for my scripts. So far I’ve found it extremely helpful but never ever to write the script. I couldn’t live with myself if I did that!