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George Carlin AI comedy special is 'ghoulish' and 'creepy,' his daughter says (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/news

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A new comedy special starts with the quote, "I'm sorry it took me so long to come out with new material, but I do have a pretty good excuse. I was dead."

The voice sounds like comedian George Carlin, but that would be impossible, as Carlin died in 2008. The voice in the special is actually generated by an artificial intelligence (AI).

"This is not my father. It's so ghoulish. It's so creepy," Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin-McCall, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal.

The YouTube account Dudesy, which is described as a podcast, artificial intelligence and "first of its kind media experiment," released the hour-long special on Jan. 9. CBC reached out to the producers of Dudesy and its co-host Will Sasso for comment, but did not get a response.

Sasso and co-host Chad Kultgen say they can't reveal the company behind the AI due to a non-disclosure agreement, according to Vice. The channel launched in March 2022.

Carlin-McCall said the channel never reached out to the family or asked for permission to use her father's likeness. She says her father took great pride in the thought and effort he put into writing his material.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You're not wrong to compare this fanfiction.

In that light it's important to note that fanfiction writers don't have the right to make money off of their fanfiction without an explicit agreement with the original creator. This shouldn't be treated any differently.

AI creation is incredible in what it can do, but when it's this direct of a ripoff, the person it's ripping off should be granted a share of any money it makes. In this case, that person is dead, and I suspect Carlin didn't have a high opinion of inheritance and intellectual property estates, but it still feels wrong to profit off of the life work of somebody who was still around in your lifetime.