Actor Gene Wilder plays Willy Wonka on the set of the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” … [+]
Roald Dahl’s charlie and the chocolate factory The story famously ends with Willy Wonka gifting Charlie a factory with endless wonders and possibilities. They then watch a sad procession of disappointed children exit the factory, their experience forever changed.
Something similar seems to have happened in Glasgow, Scotland, with the now infamous Willy Wonka Experience.
What happened at Glasgow’s Willy Wonka Experience?
“The Willy Wonka Experience” was misleadingly advertised using AI-generated images that bore no resemblance to the real-life location, leaving some children extremely disappointed and giving the Internet a golden He gave away tickets and sparked a lot of memes.
The official website for this event is still live and worth a look. Because it highlights exactly what happens when you use AI to generate images and text, without the hassle of editing what the AI spits out.
AI-generated images are full of anxiety-inducing “hallucinations” and texts are full of errors and clumsy sentences. One of the marketing claims promises “a heart-pounding experience unlike anything you’ve ever experienced.”
Not an inaccurate description according to photos and videos A video of the tragic event posted online.
The deeply disappointing ‘Willy Wonka Experience’ quickly went viral online, showing an austere warehouse sparsely decorated with cheap props and populated by costumed performers, and costing £35 a ticket. He seemed just as perplexed as the customers who had allegedly been there.
Angry parents demanded refunds from event organizers and even called the police. The event was canceled before the day was over.
Willy Wonka’s unfortunate experience becomes a meme
Unsurprisingly, the internet loved it. The event was described as a “fire festival” for children.
One would have expected this story to flicker and disappear as the novelty wore off, but details of the experience continued to leak online, and social media users became obsessed with its “lore.”
A photo of a brooding actress (Kirsty Patterson) dressed as an Oompa Loompa definition image and inspired many memes.
Patterson told Vulture his side of the story. She explains that after being overwhelmed by the costumes, props, and script (which she suspects were AI-generated), she set out to make the best of things.
Patterson quickly became the hero of the story. photograph Videos of her trying to seriously interact with young visitors were leaked online. She really tried her best.
Other performers who were unlucky enough to attend the event have shared their stories online, and no one had anything nice to say.
The experience quickly descends into chaos, with crying children, screaming parents, and several performers tasked with entertaining the attendees, who are encouraged by event organizers to “impromptu.”
The regret would have been immeasurable. The kids were promised a wild ride through Candyland, but all they were given was a handful of jelly beans and a “quarter cup” of lemonade.
At one point I even had a jump scare for some reason.
“Unknown” becomes a hot topic
Actor Paul Connell spoke to The Independent about playing Willy Wonka at the event, saying the script he received was “15 pages of AI-generated gibberish”.
Connell went on to describe an evil character that appears to have been completely fabricated by generative AI, highlighting how the technology doesn’t understand context or tone and is useless for storytelling.
“What bothered me was when I had to say, ‘There’s a man whose name I don’t know.’ We know him as ‘The Unknown.’ “This Unknown is an evil chocolatier who lives within the walls,” Connell said.
Of course, “Unknown” does not appear in Dahl’s book or film adaptation. It was painted by performers wearing shiny Halloween masks. jump out From behind the mirror, surprise the children.
“The Unknown” became popular among Internet commentators and made an impressive impression. fan art and creative video editing.
Even just one talented artist depicting the unknown It is illustrated in the distinctive scratchy style of Quentin Blake, an illustrator who frequently collaborated with Dahl and was deeply involved in his stories.
The existence of the “unknown” sums up the entire story. AI-generated characters that bear no resemblance to Dahl’s work are awkwardly placed on a tour of a chocolate factory to scare confused children.
Mr. Dahl was famous as a dark storyteller, and frankly, AI could never quite imitate his style.
If Dahl were to create a Willy Wonka villain, it would probably be something outlandish and frightening, with a name like “Snugglewumper” or “Grub Snatcher.”
The closest thing to a villain in this story (other than Willy Wonka himself) are the children who fall victim to Wonka’s contraption, and Dahl clearly expects readers to find their suffering highly amusing. .
Oddly enough, Dahl’s distorted vision was accurately expressed through the Willy Wonka event, leading many commentators to draw comparisons.
The Willy Wonka experience that brought the internet together with laughter
Aside from disappointed children, the event sparked much joy, jokes, memes, and fan edits of overwhelming footage.
Most of the editing uses footage, screenshot from simpsonsalways a treasure trove of materials.
The meme was also incorporated into the outrageous conspiracy theory surrounding the “missing” Kate Middleton, like a hyper-online Russian nesting doll.
Some commentators predict that the now-iconic event could be made into a feature film.others was praised Memes to reinvigorate X (Twitter), which can often feel like a dead mall these days.
Some even started a petition calling for the return of the “beloved” Willy Wonka event, ironically so that the public could experience the event.
This story highlights the dangers of misleading customers in the internet age, where anyone is free to post their experiences online and overwhelming events are spread.
This is also another negative story related to generative AI, which has garnered an impressive amount of bad press. The technology led to Taylor Swift’s deepfake porn, copyright lawsuits, and a tsunami of bad art, nonsensical writing, and fake books on Amazon.
Willy Wonka, as free-spirited as he was, never resorted to using such unimaginative technology. All his fears were created by human hands.
