His daughter describes the movie as a “cobbled together, badly done replica” made by dishonest people.
According to NBC News, the estate of George Carlin has initiated legal action against the producers of an hour-long comedy program that features an artificial intelligence (AI) clone of the famed comic. The lawsuit was submitted to a federal court in Los Angeles Wednesday night by the estate of the late comic, which included himself and his daughter Kelly Carlin. The lawsuit asserts that the online media organization known as Dudesy, which was responsible for posting the film, violated the performer’s right to publicity and infringed upon a copyright claim.
The video is titled “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead” and it contains one hour of new “material” from the comedian, who passed away in the year 2008. When it comes to artificial intelligence replications, it is not going to set any new records. There is only audio available, and to tell you the truth, it doesn’t even sound that much like Carlin. An impersonation of the comedian that is below par sounds like it would be made. In addition to that, it is extremely, extremely terrible. Carlin had a voice that was completely unique, and the most of the punchlines in this video are so simple that you can hear them from a mile away. There is a very small amount of wordplay that is unusual. There is no anger that is justified. A great number of jokes, on the other hand, make the comparison between Donald Trump and poop.
The desire for more George Carlin is something that I can relate to and understand. My father and I both want to spend more time together. “However, it is absurd to assert that he has been’resurrected’ through the use of artificial intelligence,” Kelly Carlin stated in a statement. She continued by writing that the Carlin depicted in that video is a “poorly-executed facsimile cobbled together by unscrupulous individuals.”
The attorney for the estate, Josh Schiller, went on to warn that artificial intelligence has the potential to become “a tool that allows bad-faith actors to replace creative expression, to exploit the already existing work of creators, and to get rich at the expense of others.”
In reality, the well-known comedian Will Sasso and the author Chad Kultgen are the ones who administer the channel known as Dudesey, which is responsible for creating and posting the film. They did not write the content that is on this page. In order to construct the facsimile, the artificial intelligence was trained on thousands of hours of Carlin routines, as stated in a report by National Public Radio. The action does, however, include Sasso and Kultgen as named defendants. The two individuals who are responsible for Dudesy have compared the automated version of Carlin to an impressionist who impersonates a public personality.
In a podcast that was released the previous week, Sasso made the suggestion that the artificial intelligence version was not a suitable substitute for the real thing. He went on to note that it was “interesting how heated people get about it.” The video is described as “a piece of computer-generated click-bait that detracts from the value of Carlin’s comedic works and harms his reputation,” according to the lawsuit.
Furthermore, the complaint demands that “any video or audio copies” of the hour-long special be removed immediately and that damages of an undetermined amount be awarded. You had best get on that while you have the opportunity if you are interested in hearing a really awful Carlin mimic make apparent jokes about Taylor Swift. If you are fascinated about this, continue reading.
This is, of course, only the most recent shot fired in the continuous conflict between AI algorithms and people who are responsible for the creation of works of worth. This issue was at the very core of the Hollywood writers’ strike that occurred two years ago, as well as the current wave of artificial intelligence-created superstars that were exploited to defraud customers. Right now, we are just getting started. In spite of the fact that it is an election year, malicious actors have already utilized an artificial intelligence reproduction of President Biden’s voice to encourage people in New Hampshire to not vote in the primary election that took place last week.