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AI-Generated George Carlin Drops Comedy Special That Daughter Speaks Out Against: ‘No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius’

variety.com 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.'

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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Fuck whoever did this. That podcaster... Wtf ever. I couldnt even finish reading the article. I am seething with rage at this so hard I'm shaking. I hope the creator of this abomination gets sued so badly, their great grandchildren curse their name because of the inherited debt.
Fucking asshole.
- I listened to the first five minutes, and it's pretty similar to Carlin's later work.
  I'm not clutching my pearls about this any more than Steamboat Willie going into the public domain.
  Intellectual property rights are silly, and protecting dead entertainers' legacies is a waste of time. If a Carlinbot makes a good joke, good for the Carlinbot. What I heard wasn't very impressive.
  
  Don’t worry, pearls will be clutched anyway. Our society is hungry for outrage.
  
  Those are two very different issues. Steamboat Willie belongs in the public domain as it's copyright has long been expired. Disney has done some shady shit to keep control over their copywritten material for far too long. It's good they backed down over that bullshit.
  US Copyright law says their work only goes into the public domain 70 years after the creator's death. Carlin passed away in 2008.I'm bad at math, but uhh...it hasn't been 70 years yet... right? Or did we all go through a time warp again?
  This is just yet another example as to why AI companies need to pay for the data they collect. The artwork and written work displayed on the web still falls under copyright law and thusly the works can only be utilized with express consent from the creators. And yes, until it falls into the public domain.
  Now, you could argue that 70 years is too long for copyright to expire. I am open to such an argument. But that simply isnt the case right now for Carlin's work. Thusly, the creator of this ”work” should indeed be sued (rather brutally imo).
  Lastly, even if all this was legal, it's in incredibly poor taste to do this. It's one thing for a comic to take inspiration from Carlin, but it would be in poor taste for that same comic to steal his work. This is in even poorer taste from what I see. What a fucking sack of shit this creator is. I hope he dies slowly from sepsis.
  
  Nah, you're wrong. Fuck protecting creators from AI. Let the internet become a circlejerk of bots gobbling each other's digital cum.
  When a good comedian comes along, I'll go see a live performance. The same goes for musicians, painters, novelists, whoever. Anyone old enough to remember the internet of the '90s will tell you what a derivative shithole it has become already. It's only getting worse. Artists will adapt and monetize things that AI can't ruin the market for.
  Analog human culture can be fun in ways that no chatbot will ever know.
  
  Yeah, based off your post history, I don't value your opinion all that much. And I'm sure the feeling's mutual.
  But hey, you do you, troll.
  
  Don't get defensive about this.
  AI will gobble up all intellectual property and shit out something similar. Over and over over.
  Stopping it isn't an option. And it isn't society's job to protect intellectual property owners from new technology in the first place.
  Living creators will be able to make a humble living through live appearances and physical media, the same as they have for the last couple of centuries.
  This isn't about your ego, peanut. Your position is the wrong one.

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