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AI-Generated George Carlin Drops Comedy Special That Daughter Speaks Out Against: ‘No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius’::Stand-up comedian George Carlin has been brought back to life in an artificial intelligence-generated special called 'I'm Glad I'm Dead.'

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's basically saying "she should be happy about plagerism." Sure, they like Carlin, or at least think he'll be profitable. That doesn't mean accepting them ripping him off is the right thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's actually not saying that at all. I specifically said that I expected her to dislike it.

The rest of us, less emotionally invested in the person as a person and more as a deceased performer, will have differing opinions.

The creators of this and articles around it keep referring to it as an impression that speaks to their motives a little. This is why i used that common colloquialism. I suspect that the timing of this may be motivated by recent news surrounding the actors' strikes.

Demonstrating how this could be used to convincingly create content from an actor without any of their intentional input (evident by him being dead) should make people question these capabilities more, just like they did when people first started seeing convincing deep fakes.