AI-animated satire from DOOOD What The?!. Reacts to a real news story; see transcript below.
Dooood! What the? Okay, check this out. Eighty hundred thousand dollars given to folks who write books or play music. That's a cash flow that could boost the economy, bro. This is the alpha, we are so back, this is the best play for investing in culture and human capital. Get long on these scholars and artists, the future is bullish on creativity. Yeah, those grants are a great ROI for society, bro. Duuude... What the. (sigh)
The MacArthur Foundation grant is an award of $800,000 given to individuals in various fields to support their creative work.
The number of recipients varies each year, but the grant amount per recipient is $800,000.
The grant is open to individuals in fields such as literature, music, and other creative and intellectual pursuits.
The purpose of the grant is to support the creative work of individuals and to foster innovation and intellectual capital.
DOOOD satirizes the impact of such grants, highlighting their potential to boost cultural and intellectual capital while questioning the broader societal impact and value.
DOOOD, What The?! is a faceless AI-animated daily news-comedy cartoon. The host, The Reactor, reacts in disbelief to one real news story per episode, with whip-pan cutaways to animated characters. New episodes post daily.