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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)

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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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[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Could be they are not good at telling jokes, or they wanted to use material that are more associated with George Carlin rather than them. I don't know.

IMO, using AI voices is funnier when you make them say things the real person would never say, so I don't see the appeal of imitating someone.