It is a reality that if there is something capable of accompanying us in our best and worst moments, without ever making us feel alone or misunderstood, that is a book. In this line, literature is something highly valued by certain parts of society, but very little used by the rest. It is these first ones that make the professionals dedicated to it capable of reaching high levels of popularity at an international level. One of the most recognized names in this regard is Charlie Brooker. Born in Reading on March 3, 1971, he is an English satirist, broadcaster and writer who, in addition, owes much of his success to being the creator of the popular series ‘Black Mirror‘.
Precisely because of the relevance of his work career is why, over the years, we have been able to receive a lot of information about his professional life, although it is true that sometimes we can find certain aspects about which we do not know as much as we thought. It is for this reason that, from Look At The Square, we have prepared for you this article, thanks to which you will discover what is the sharp and controversial opinion he has given about the now beloved ChatGPT.
This is Charlie Brooker
In order to dive into more intimate aspects of his life and talk about them, first it is important to review his early years. He was born into a middle-class Christian family where his father worked as an electrician and social worker and his mother as a waitress in a local pub.
From an early age he began to show a great fascination for everything that had some kind of relation to comedy, especially surrealist comedies such as ‘Monty Python‘. While attending Wallingford School in the late 80’s, he started working for ‘Oink!‘, a comic magazine for children. There he worked as a writer and cartoonist.
This has been Charlie Brooker’s successful professional career
Thus, he made the decision that he wanted to start working in the world of entertainment, although he was still passionate about the idea of working in video games. After further training, he finally became a columnist for the video game magazine ‘PC Zone‘. There he wrote reviews for newly released video games.
After going through a long and varied list of completely different positions, he gave free rein to his humor and realized that this was also a line he wouldn’t mind pursuing in his professional career.
He began to delve into the world of television until, at the end of 2011, he was encouraged to publish the three episodes of a science fiction anthology series called ‘Black Mirror‘. Since then, we are all aware of the great success that this project has had internationally.
Charlie Brooker’s blunt opinion about ChatGPT
Just a few hours ago the media was full of news with his name as the main protagonist. They did not refer, especially, to a new release of his career, which also, but to something that is giving much to talk about around the world, as is the case of Artificial Intelligence.
It is true that this novelty is generating completely opposing opinions regarding its usefulness and contributions. Some love it and others hate it. Brooker, for his part, was not very clear about his opinion on this aspect, but he has experienced something that has changed that. The creator of Black Mirror has confessed that he used ChatGPT to “generate an episode” of the series.
Far from getting the result he expected, and despite the fact that at first glance it “seemed potable”, when he analyzed it more in depth he realized it was “crap”. “All he did was look up all the synopses of the episodes and put them together,” he has recounted. So, we already have one more person to join the seconds who hate this new technology that is revolutionizing the world.