Even in the 24th century, working from home can be a nightmare.
Recently declassified Starfleet footage reveals Captain Picard once attempted to run the Enterprise via Zoom call. The results? No agenda, bad Wi-Fi, and Worf showing up in casual Friday gear.
From Picard Looking:
I created over 200 individual clips on my own PC using open-source models, and pieced them together manually — starting from real frames of the show. The “fake” elements? Worf’s shirt, Spot the cat, a bottle of prune juice, and a certain lady crew member.
I recorded all the dialogue myself, trying to match the character voices as closely as possible before running them through voice-conversion tools — which is why some of you may have noticed my Captain Picard occasionally sounding a bit… Australian. My wife always finds this process hilarious listening from the other room.
All the rest — the visual effects, compositing, timing, and audio work — was done in DaVinci Resolve.
I’m sure I’ll still get the usual “ugh, AI slop” comments. But for me, as a somewhat creative person, AI is just one more tool — a way to bring ideas to life that seem bizarre yet plausible and oddly familiar.