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Reality TV’s First Fully AI Series Debuts

The four-part series is described as a cross between “Survivor” and “Fortnite.”

The world’s first AI reality TV show has landed. The season opener of Non Player Combat dropped on YouTube and AiMation on Sunday. The show’s premise was completely AI-generated, along with every scene and character. The four-part series follows six “contestants” as they fight to survive in a battle royale-style game described by the studio as a cross between the video game Fortnite and the TV show Survivor. "Non Player Combat represents the emergent entertainment coming from AI, and is proof that it’s already here!" said AiMation Studio’s CEO, Tom Paton, in a press release. He added that “contestants aren’t performing for the camera, so in many ways they feel more genuine than your average human reality TV contestant.” The characters must survive harsh environments, such as deserts and tundra, while facing deadly animals, including polar bears and snakes. The contestants were created by the studio’s Omnigen-01 tool, which allows the characters to make their own decisions in the show. Some of the contestants include former Navy SEAL Travis Drake, wilderness coach Micah Gray, and Eliza Cole, who was formerly in prison for “hurting someone close to [her].”