An AI-Generated George Carlin Comedy Special Appears on YouTube

George Carlin could have died over 15 years in the past, however a synthetic intelligence claims to have resurrected him for a brand new comedy particular that simply debuted on YouTube.

Titled I’m Glad I’m Dead, the particular was made by Dudesy, which payments itself as a “comedy AI.”

“For the next hour,” the YouTube video’s description reads, “I’ll be doing my best George Carlin impersonation just like a human being would. I tried to capture his iconic style to tackle the topics I think the comedy legend would be talking about today. The chaos of the current American political landscape and class system, the influence of reality TV, and the increasing role of technology in society as AI is poised to change humanity forever are just a few of the subjects I cover.”

You can see the outcomes for this “impersonation” for your self beneath. I actually … didn’t get very far into it.

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I might not purport to be a George Carlin knowledgeable, however I can not think about he would have preferred this. (Based on this tweet by Carlin’s daughter, my intuition seems justified.)

According to USA Today, Dudesy “is an AI comedy platform from Mad TV alum Will Sasso and podcaster Chad Kultgen.” I used to be actually shocked to listen to {that a} standup comic was one of many individuals behind this factor. What form of standup could be cool with feeding one other comedian’s concepts into a pc and having it spit out a sound alike comedy particular?

Dudesy beforehand created an A.I.-generated standup particular starring the very-much-still-alive Tom Brady, which resulted in Brady threatening to sue the staff behind the factor. After Brady’s attorneys despatched Dudesy a stop and desist, per TMZ, they ultimately took that video down.

I’m undecided of the legality surrounding an AI standup particular based mostly on a lifeless individual’s likeness and persona. But from an ethical perspective, I discover your entire factor to be fairly gross. Unfortunately, I’ve a sense that is the one starting of this form of content material. It’s the form of miserable growth that you just want George Carlin was nonetheless alive to place into the right, dystopian context.