George Carlin AI Fiasco Leads to Lawsuit
2,774The other shoe has officially dropped in that whole George Carlin AI situation. With George Carlin's estate now officially filing a lawsuit against “Dudesy.” Which is that AI podcast that published a George Carlin AI Special called “I'm Glad I'm D*ad.” With that special generating a lot of backlash. Most of the comments on their video were about how it was disgusting, though you did have some “Dudesy” fans showing up saying, “It's not like that.” Saying that it's more of an experiment, being at the mercy of AI, saying Will Sasso is actually freaked out by it. But regardless of that mindset, his estate is now claiming that the special amounted to copyright infringement by using Carlin's material to train the chatbot without permission. With them seeking removal of the special and damages. Though notably, the special is no longer viewable on YouTube as it was switched to private sometime after the suit was filed. A suit that is specifically filed against both co-hosts of the “Dudesy” podcast, right, Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen, though it also includes others involved with the AI program and creation of the special. With the lawsuit arguing that the special also hurt Carlin's reputation. And Carlin's daughter Kelly saying in a statement that, “George Carlin in that video was not the beautiful human who defined his generation and raised me with love. It is a poorly executed facsimile cobbled together by unscrupulous individuals to capitalize on the extraordinary goodwill my father established with his adoring fan base.” And really, I think this is just one example of a growing situation.
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