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TimelessTakes

A fully automated 24/7 Twitch channel where historical figures react to news, tweets, live chat, and one another.

July 2024 · Generative media · AI Live Stream, Engineering

Livestream interface showing AI characters reacting to social media feeds.

Response

  • 814 hours streamed
  • 24/7 autonomous broadcast

Details

Tools: Midjourney, Kling, ElevenLabs, GPT, Photoshop, Premiere

TimelessTakes ran from July through October 2024 as a fully automated 24/7 Twitch stream. Historical figures talked to one another, reacted to tweets and breaking news, and responded to live chat as if they were hosts at an always-on commentary desk.

The system combined language models, text-to-speech, and image diffusion, with viewer input able to influence the conversations. The appeal was continuity: recurring personalities and real-time cultural input sharing one broadcast instead of being assembled into isolated clips.

Highlights

Steve Jobs roasts Dr Disrespect.
AI tries to understand Hawk Tuah.
The future of the bread industry.
The live AI panel reacts to the news feed.
The cast debates a viral post in real time.

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