Playwright Ayckbourn Foresaw AI-Created Soaps in 1998 Work; 2023 Follow-Up Paints Bleak Outlook for Humans Alongside Robots
- James Hawes predicted AI-created TV soaps within 3-5 years
- Alan Ayckbourn's 1998 play "Comic Potential" foresaw soaps performed by robots
- The robots were old and faulty, leading to poor performances
- Ayckbourn's 2023 play revisits robots, showing a bleak outlook for humans
- Ayckbourn often alarmingly predicts future trends with prescience