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Artificial Intelligence and Turbo-Capitalism: Maschek Search for an Exit Plan

From Die Presse · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Austrian comedy duo Maschek will perform “EXIT: Outcome Uncertain” at Vienna’s Stadtsaal on September 16.
  • The program examines contemporary crises including artificial intelligence, turbo-capitalism, post-democracy and environmental destruction through satire.
  • Maschek asked ChatGPT to write the program’s promotional text, producing a teaser about a world under threat and people responding by clicking “Like.”

“What if the future is already here, but nobody can find the emergency exit?” That question guides Maschek’s new program, “EXIT: Outcome Uncertain,” which Peter Hörmanseder and Robert Stachel will perform at Vienna’s Stadtsaal on September 16.

The duo turns its attention to what it presents as the major crises of the present: artificial intelligence, turbo-capitalism, post-democracy and environmental destruction. Its premise is bleak, but the treatment is deliberately entertaining: the end of life as we know it may be unavoidable, yet Maschek plans to make it funny.

What if the future is already here, but nobody can find the emergency exit?

· MaschekThe question introduces the duo’s program “EXIT: Outcome Uncertain.”

The program premiered at Vienna’s Rabenhof Theater in April of the previous year. For the announcement, Maschek handed the writing to ChatGPT, asking the chatbot for a press release about the possible end of the world as people know it and how to approach that subject ironically.

ChatGPT replied: “The world as we know it is wobbling alarmingly. Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules, turbo-capitalism is devouring its children, post-democracy is sending the last illusions into retirement, and the environment is fighting back desperately against humanity. And us? We watch helplessly, or at least click ‘Like.’” The article describes the result as a fitting teaser for the show.

The world as we know it is wobbling alarmingly. Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules, turbo-capitalism is devouring its children, post-democracy is sending the last illusions into retirement, and the environment is fighting back desperately against humanity. And us? We watch helplessly, or at least click ‘Like.’

· ChatGPTChatGPT wrote the promotional teaser for Maschek’s program at the duo’s request.
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Originally published by Die Presse in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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