WEBVTT 00:00:00.900 --> 00:00:04.566 Every episode of this series was researched, written, drawn, 00:00:04.776 --> 00:00:09.904 set to music, checked and rendered by AI agents, working from the command line. 00:00:11.204 --> 00:00:14.495 And at each turn that mattered, a person made the call. 00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:22.907 AI for Research Efficiency. Episode 13: How this series is made. 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:27.611 So far, this series has shown agents at work on research. 00:00:28.023 --> 00:00:30.932 This time, the work is the series itself. 00:00:31.793 --> 00:00:35.644 In this episode: one production, from the brief to the render, 00:00:35.754 --> 00:00:40.146 with real figures from its own records, and the decisions a person kept. 00:00:43.700 --> 00:00:45.199 One: the brief. 00:00:46.157 --> 00:00:51.588 It began with a few lines from the owner: a series on AI for research efficiency, 00:00:51.638 --> 00:00:55.986 90 to 180 seconds a video, from getting started to real examples. 00:00:57.166 --> 00:01:00.869 The agents turned that into a brief for each film: the subject, 00:01:00.959 --> 00:01:04.803 the audience, the purpose, the length, and where it will be seen. 00:01:05.883 --> 00:01:08.727 Then the research found that too short for the content, 00:01:08.997 --> 00:01:12.621 and the owner agreed: quality over arbitrary limits. 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:18.345 Two: research, with every fact sourced. 00:01:19.093 --> 00:01:23.558 Every figure and quote, on screen or spoken, goes into a facts file, 00:01:23.648 --> 00:01:25.790 with its source and the day it was read. 00:01:26.939 --> 00:01:30.243 A check compares the script and the screen with that file, 00:01:30.333 --> 00:01:32.225 and flags anything it can't find. 00:01:32.736 --> 00:01:36.480 The sixteen films carry 456 facts. 00:01:38.900 --> 00:01:41.726 Three: three looks, one choice. 00:01:42.509 --> 00:01:45.156 The agents drew three looks as style frames: 00:01:45.388 --> 00:01:50.562 Plain Text, Signal Blue, and Lab Notebook. The owner chose Plain Text. 00:01:51.863 --> 00:01:55.971 Then a novelty check compares each new film with the studio's earlier ones, 00:01:56.062 --> 00:01:59.869 so no two look alike. A series may share its own style. 00:02:02.900 --> 00:02:05.450 Four: a script, on a beat. 00:02:06.253 --> 00:02:07.974 Each line is written for the ear, 00:02:08.165 --> 00:02:11.037 then placed on a grid of bars at 100 beats a minute, 00:02:11.167 --> 00:02:14.590 so the words, the picture and the music land together. 00:02:15.742 --> 00:02:19.292 A free local voice reads a first draft, just for the timing. 00:02:22.100 --> 00:02:25.003 Five: a voice, chosen by ear. 00:02:25.785 --> 00:02:28.951 For the first film, the agents cast 18 voices, 00:02:29.041 --> 00:02:31.225 and read the whole script with 12 of them. 00:02:32.505 --> 00:02:35.651 The owner listened, and chose option 9: Eric. 00:02:35.982 --> 00:02:38.926 That's the voice you're hearing now, in every episode. 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:44.720 Six: pictures and music, written as code. 00:02:45.542 --> 00:02:50.245 Each scene is a small program: give it a moment in time, and it draws that frame. 00:02:50.536 --> 00:02:53.958 A browser renders 60 frames for every second of film. 00:02:55.318 --> 00:02:57.888 The music is code too, on the same beat, 00:02:58.019 --> 00:03:01.391 and every key click lands on the frame where a key is pressed. 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:07.220 Seven: 10 checks. 00:03:08.063 --> 00:03:12.288 The brand, the facts, the rights to every image and sound, the mix, 00:03:12.458 --> 00:03:17.164 the frames, and more. Each must pass, or warn with a stated reason. 00:03:18.424 --> 00:03:19.707 The mix check, for one, 00:03:19.777 --> 00:03:24.288 wants every spoken line at least 19 decibels above the music. 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:29.676 Eight: the review, and the fixes. 00:03:30.504 --> 00:03:34.990 Each film is then reviewed on its stills, against 20 rules from the research. 00:03:35.541 --> 00:03:39.797 Across the sixteen films, the reviews drew more than 200 notes, 00:03:40.007 --> 00:03:41.789 and most are already fixed. 00:03:43.150 --> 00:03:44.614 The owner adds notes too. 00:03:44.986 --> 00:03:47.925 Film three now says its review ran unattended, 00:03:48.036 --> 00:03:49.620 because the owner asked for it. 00:03:53.300 --> 00:03:55.888 Nine: render, and deliver. 00:03:56.677 --> 00:04:02.148 Drawing episode 4's frames, more than 19,000 of them, took under 3 minutes. 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:04.673 Then come the captions, the chapters, 00:04:04.803 --> 00:04:08.069 a companion page, and an upload kit for YouTube. 00:04:09.130 --> 00:04:12.781 Nothing is published until the owner decides where, and when. 00:04:14.900 --> 00:04:17.091 So, what does the person decide? 00:04:18.054 --> 00:04:22.424 The subject and the audience. The look. The voice, by ear. 00:04:22.775 --> 00:04:27.045 What each film stresses, what may be shown, and when it goes out. 00:04:28.325 --> 00:04:33.591 And on 4 October, one more: make the rest of the series side by side. 00:04:33.922 --> 00:04:37.175 Nine agents worked at the same time, one episode each, 00:04:37.366 --> 00:04:39.568 and this episode is one of the nine. 00:04:43.700 --> 00:04:46.867 By the numbers, with all sixteen films finished, 00:04:46.938 --> 00:04:52.050 this one included: 80 minutes, and 548 narrated lines. 00:04:53.453 --> 00:04:58.078 Film 3's review alone took 18 agents 17 and a half minutes. 00:04:58.389 --> 00:04:59.801 And the first six films went 00:04:59.851 --> 00:05:03.514 from the first commit to rendered in under 4 hours. 00:05:07.700 --> 00:05:09.202 Pause here, and try it. 00:05:09.493 --> 00:05:14.249 Write a brief for your own project: subject, audience, goal and length. 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:16.252 Ask your agent to research it, 00:05:16.443 --> 00:05:19.807 every fact sourced, and keep the decisions for yourself. 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:29.499 So: agents do the work, checks catch the slips, and a person makes the calls. 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:34.822 That's the series. Next: your own project.