The makers of an hour-long AI-generated comedy special mimicking the late and great American comedian and actor George Carlin have been criticized for, apparently, not obtaining explicit permission from his family to impersonate his voice and style for the vid.
The show, titled “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” was uploaded on Tuesday to YouTube by actor and comedian Will Sasso and podcaster Chad Kultgen.
It appears the duo have crafted an AI personality called Dudesy that attempts to impersonate celebrities – in this instance, George Carlin.
Widely accessible generative AI tools and a wealth of content that can be easily scraped from the internet has made it easy to train computers to replicate someone’s work.
Performers in the entertainment industry have grown increasingly concerned that their faces or voices can be cloned using AI without compensation, and that their digital replica will be used in TV, films, commercials and replace them in their jobs.
At CES this week the union announced it had entered into a deal with Replica Studios, an AI startup, to license members’ voices to be used in video games and other media.
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It is in terrible taste, that said, I’d wager Carlin himself would find the title hilarious, even some of the content is half decent. I would also wager he would have some concerns about the technology.
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The makers of an hour-long AI-generated comedy special mimicking the late and great American comedian and actor George Carlin have been criticized for, apparently, not obtaining explicit permission from his family to impersonate his voice and style for the vid.
The show, titled “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” was uploaded on Tuesday to YouTube by actor and comedian Will Sasso and podcaster Chad Kultgen.
It appears the duo have crafted an AI personality called Dudesy that attempts to impersonate celebrities – in this instance, George Carlin.
Widely accessible generative AI tools and a wealth of content that can be easily scraped from the internet has made it easy to train computers to replicate someone’s work.
Performers in the entertainment industry have grown increasingly concerned that their faces or voices can be cloned using AI without compensation, and that their digital replica will be used in TV, films, commercials and replace them in their jobs.
At CES this week the union announced it had entered into a deal with Replica Studios, an AI startup, to license members’ voices to be used in video games and other media.
The original article contains 546 words, the summary contains 187 words. Saved 66%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
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It is in terrible taste, that said, I’d wager Carlin himself would find the title hilarious, even some of the content is half decent. I would also wager he would have some concerns about the technology.