AI Drawings

1. FADE IN

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. CLUB HOUSE - 15:00

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7. PETER is reading newspapers.

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9. PETER (V.O.): Today is May 20 - a day symbolizing love and romance?

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11. Tying on smartphone.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me ask ChatGPT.

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15. Reading an answer.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The origins of the association between "520" and love are not entirely clear...

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19. Pausing.

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21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In spoken Chinese, "520" don't sound similar to "I love you" at all.

23. Reflecting.

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25. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I say "I love you" whenever I wish to undo something that can't be undone.

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27. Act 2

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29. INT. CLUB HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

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31. Having read newspapers, Peter checks his smartphone album "AI Drawings".

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33. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): With AI, I can now "draw" and make magic.

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35. Pausing.

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37. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Following my instructions, an AI drawing App generates all these images.

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39. Pausing.

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41. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If I don't like a drawing, I don't need to erase it.

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43. Pausing.

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45. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I just instruct the App to regenerate. Another one will appear automatically in seconds.

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47. Pausing.

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49. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If I don't give instructions, nothing will happen.

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51. Pausing.

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53. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I feel like addicted to AI drawings. But I'm still using the App free, creatively.

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55. Recalling.

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57. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The other day in a public function, a friend asked me who owed the copyright in AI-generated works.

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59. Recalling.

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61. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I had that doubt before I attended the WIPO Conference on Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University back in 1991.

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63. Recalling.

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65. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There was international consensus that the human individual who had made the necessary arrangements to create that work should be the author.

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67. Pausing.

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69. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The norm has become the standard, as reflected in municipal copyright laws.

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71. Pausing.

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73. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Responsible for Hong Kong's copyright policy then, I included the provision in Hong Kong's Copyright Bill 1997.

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75. Pausing.

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77. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The fundamentals are still good law now.

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79. Peter stares at one AI drawing depicting a bespectacled Chinese woman playing the piano with one hand.

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81. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I love this one. The pianist is playing and teaching...

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83. Pausing.

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85. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): With AI, I can now use imagination not to escape from reality, but to create an alternative version of reality.

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87. Pausing.

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89. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm not a dreamer anymore.

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91. Thinking.

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93. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While imagination should be the preview of life's coming attractions, mine on this score is different.

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95. Pausing.

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97. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I love you.

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99. Peter focuses on the pianist's black hair.

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101. Act 3

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103. INT. CLUBSHOUSE - CONTINUOUS

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105. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What distinguishes humans from animals is human's intelligence.

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107. Pausing.

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109. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): AI is an extension of that, collectively and relentlessly.

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111. Pausing.

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113. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As an elderly, I've no misgivings about AI. It helps me learn faster and I feel life's purpose more.

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115. We see Peter being mesmerized by his AI drawings.

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117. FADE OUT

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119. THE END