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George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’::George Carlin's estate has filed a lawsuit against the creators behind an AI-generated comedy special featuring a recreation of the comedian's voice.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Presumably they paid to see the show each time they wanted to go learn from him. Also, it's extremely poor form to copy jokes. Learning the art of telling jokes like using callbacks wouldn't require watching solely one comedian either.

No matter how much they say this isn't Carlin, the entire selling premise here is that it's Carlin.

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

The AI didn't copy jokes, it learned how to generate jokes just like Carlin. The point of this impersonation for me is to be able to actually compare it to Carin, as a benchmark.

It seems also clear that while this is mediocre at best, the next versions of AI will become as good as, and then better than Carlin. And then better than any human comedian could ever be. Might take a while but no doubt in my mind we'll get there sooner than later. So then they'll use artificial persona that become brands and are fully owned by corporation.

And they'll not just be insanely funny, they'll also become incredibly good at propaganda and reprogramming human minds to their master's agenda. Now a human entertainer at least has to have some humanity.

My point is that IP law is the WORST thing you can use to try to limit AIs. The hurt feelings or lost moneys of Carlin's heirs or other corporations are so utterly irrelevant in regards to the repercussions of this issue.

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