George Carlin's daughter has filmed an hour-long AI-generated comedy special starring her father 15 years after his death.
After publication, more than a decade after Carlin's death from heart failure in 2008, she wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “No machine will ever replace his genius.”
The post follows months of strikes in Hollywood last year over fears that artificial intelligence will replace jobs in the industry.
The hour-long special, titled “George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead,” was created by Dudesy, an artificial intelligence-powered and human-curated podcast.
The podcast and YouTube show are hosted by Chad Kultgen and Will Sasso, who have enabled the Dudesy AI to take content from their texts, emails, social media accounts and their own work.
Comedian George Carlin performs in Chicago, Illinois on February 3, 1982
The hour-long special, titled “George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead,” was created by Dudesy, an artificial intelligence-powered and human-curated podcast
Kelly Carlin's “George Carlin's American Dream” Film Premiere, Los Angeles, California on May 11, 2022
Sasso denied that Dudesy's AI was fake in an interview with Business Intelligence, saying a nondisclosure agreement prevented him from disclosing the legal entity.
Early in the special, Dudesy states that “what you're about to hear is not George Carlin.”
It adds that in refining the comedian's style, “I listened to all of George Carlin's material and did my best to emulate his voice, his rhythm and his demeanor, as well as the theme that I think he loves.” would have been interested today.”
The AI Carlin then begins material on some of today's biggest issues, including social media and mass shootings.
At one point, the AI Carlin makes a joke about artificial intelligence.
“There is one profession that is most threatened by AI – one that is most likely to disappear completely because of artificial intelligence: stand-up comedy,” he says.
“I know what every stand-up comic around the world is saying right now: 'I'm an artist and my art form is too creative, too nuanced, too subtle to be reproduced by a machine.' No computer program can detect fart jokes as well as I can.''
Kelly Carlin criticized the post on Wednesday, writing No machine will ever replace his genius. These AI-generated products are clever attempts to recreate a mind that will never exist again.
George Carlin ends his performance on a high note after receiving a free speech award at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, March 2, 2002
“Let the artist's work speak for itself.” “People are so afraid of the void that we cannot allow what has fallen in to remain there.”
She concluded, “Here's an idea, how about we listen to some real live human comedians?” But if you want to listen to the real George Carlin, he has 14 specials you can find anywhere.”
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In addition to his frequent television appearances, the comedian, known for pushing the boundaries of acceptable humor, also released several comedy records and appeared in numerous films.
Carlin suffered three heart attacks over the course of three decades – in 1978, 1982 and 1991.
In 2003 he underwent ablation due to a cardiac arrhythmia and in 2005 he suffered severe heart failure.
On June 22, 2008, Carlin suffered heart failure and died in a hospital in Santa Monica, California.
He was 71 years old and had performed his last live show just a week earlier.
During his early career, Carlin was married to Brenda Hosbrook, with whom he had his only child, Kelly, in 1963.
Carlin speaks after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th annual American Comedy Awards in Los Angeles on April 22, 2001
She was a strong advocate for preserving her father's legacy as one of the most influential comedians of all time.
Last year, Hollywood was rocked by walkouts by both actors and writers unions, shutting down productions and forcing the postponement of major releases.
Due to the impact of the strikes and a cut in its spending, Netflix has cut more than 100 shows from its programming in 2023.
The streaming giant released around 130 fewer films and television shows last year than the year before, a decline of 16 percent.
Previously, the company had increased initial production every year for the past decade.
Netflix's production fell by around a quarter in the second half of 2023 when the strikes began.
The release rate in the final three months of the year was the lowest in five years, according to Bloomberg analysis of What's On Netflix data.