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AI George Carlin
- Thread starter Mistake
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
What an insult to Carlin
Of all things you think he'd support fucking AI?
Of all things you think he'd support fucking AI?
Sleepwalker
Member
His skit on AI would be legendary.
E-Cat
Member
In time, AI will create a better Carlin than Carlin ever was.
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ManaByte
Member
His daughter is pissed.
GladiusFrog
Member
This is wrong.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
E-Cat
Member
Does she still get money from legacy Carlin content? Probably afraid of losing her revenue stream.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I'm listening to this right now. The comedy isn't bad, but certainly not Carlin-tier. But holy shit, the AI voice is probably the best I've ever heard. It's got his cadence, inflections, and even mic popping as if I'm really listening to Carlin. This is tripping me out.
DKehoe
Gold Member
You can't think of any other reason she might not like this?
E-Cat
Member
Nothing is sacred, individual identity is gone, blablabla. The faster people rip off the band-aid and adapt to this new world, the better. I've been thinking about the implications since GPT-2.
LegendOfKage
Member
It sounds nothing like him. Not in voice, not in tone, and not in writing. So at least there's that.
Are you not that familiar with Carlin? Because to me, this sounds almost nothing like him. Are you going by memory and haven't heard very much Carlin? Have you not heard the AI clips of the Presidents playing Call of Duty or Apex Legends? Those are way more believable in terms of voice replication than this was.
AI will never be capable of creating a better Carlin, because Carlin challenged the establishment, and AI will always be shackled by the establishment. Are there any sections of this that actually challenged establishment views? I skimmed it a bit, and it all seemed very mainstream.
Complistic
Member
We're just getting started.
the age of procedurally generated mediocrity is upon us
not even the dead are safe
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I’ve seen all his specials, but it’s been a while. I dunno, seemed pretty spot on, but my memory might be shitty. I actually specifically thought it sounded way better than those presidential AI videos.
Roxkis_ii
Banned
Never watched any George Carlin specials before, only seen clips, but this was pretty good. I watched the whole thing and I couldn't tell it was AI at all if I wasn't watching the video.
I don't have a problem with AI content as long as it's labeled as such. People are apprehensive to new technology as always, but the next generation probably won't even care.
I don't have a problem with AI content as long as it's labeled as such. People are apprehensive to new technology as always, but the next generation probably won't even care.
E-Cat
Member
It will be impossible to shackle a superintelligence.
Note: I said "will", not "is".
NeverYouMind
Member
It lacks his comedic timing, exaggerated delivery, storytelling, and transitions between jokes. The content is also more depressing than humorous. This kind of material was used by him to bring contrast to the absurdity of life. This is closer to an atheist rant.
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Oh fuck off, you sound like some douch bag tech bro saying that.
E-Cat
Member
I am one, so that's probably why. Well, I don't consider myself a douche, but many people do.
Mistake
Member
This is more or less how I felt about it. Like most of the material seems like it might be something he would do, but still not him and doesn't sit right. Not a bad attempt though
I listened to a few minutes. It sounds like him and says things he might say, but it lacks the soul.
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LegendOfKage
Member
Quoting myself for anyone who watched most or all of this, because I'm genuinely curious about the above question.
JonSnowball
Member
When Skynet comes online I hope your house is one of the first targets.
Mistake
Member
When he started talking about guns that was probably when the whole skit started falling apart to me. Like sure, carlin might make a jab on it, but I don't think he would put himself on one side or the other like that. The bit at the end tries to salvage things.
For an early attempt, this certainly wasn't bad though
ResilientBanana
Member
So like a few months?
Romulus
Member
I'd say 2...tops.
LegendOfKage
Member
That's interesting. Maybe it's just easier for some people to hear. I've always been pretty good about recognizing a lot of singers, even if I don't know the song. But I also know some people who are really bad at that sort of thing.I’ve seen all his specials, but it’s been a while. I dunno, seemed pretty spot on, but my memory might be shitty. I actually specifically thought it sounded way better than those presidential AI videos.
E-Cat
Member
Five years ago AI couldn’t even write a coherent paragraph. This very specific point in time is not the end of the line.
I just heard a rumour Kuwait is buying 700,000 B100s (NVIDIA next-gen) for a gigawatt installation. Do you have any idea how many orders of magnitude that is above current capacity?
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
It sounds off somehow, less expressive and more angry.
Meanwhile the president voices for that Zelda tier list were hilariously spot on.
Meanwhile the president voices for that Zelda tier list were hilariously spot on.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
I don't know why but after listening to AI or using Dall-E to generate 'art', I always feel dirty, like I need to take a shower. It's just soulless.
DKehoe
Gold Member
So if someone made a shitty video using the likeness of your dead relative and used it to generate clicks you'd be fine with it?
Dude already admitted he's a tech bro, he's probably waiting to mint his dead relatives as NFTs already.
E-Cat
Member
I'd accept it, because then it would be happening to everyone else's dead relatives, too.
We're probably gonna have a panoply of simulations of dead people, anyway, because the remaining relatives will want to talk to a facsimile of them for comfort. It will be nothing out of the ordinary.
DKehoe
Gold Member
But if I want to take a living celebrity's likeness and use it to make money (they're linking to their merch store in the description) I can't without their permission So why is it different when the person is dead?
Also, a relative wanting to have a simulation of a dead relative for their comfort and someone with no links to that person wanting to use their likeness for profit are two different things.
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Hudo
Member
For some reason, Trump ends up as my favorite character in most of these.
E-Cat
Member
You're right, I'd be pissed about them linking to a merch store. There's a lot of issues around copyright that are yet to be solved.
SimTourist
Member
The voice is off and the jokes are flat.
SirTerry-T
Member
Just listening to that Dudesy intro make want to rip his fucking digital voice box out.