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I am definitely against using someone, especially a dead someone, to make money off of like this.

But I am watching the special, 15 minutes in, and it’s actually kinda funny. Sounds more like an impersonation (exactly as it claims) than the real deal, but the material is spot on. Mostly. There are some jokes that aren’t really there. Or at least, they fall flat because the AI delivery is far from perfect.

The stuff about God? Perfect. The bit about the child having unforeseen mental trauma due to seeing his classmates gunned down in a school shooting? Has potential, with the right delivery but was more shocking than funny. The quoted joke? Totally without a punchline.

If the jokes are good, they shouldn’t need an AI Carlin to deliver them. Carlin was great because he wasn’t a coward, the people running this are hiding behind his image.

Yep, Carlin was a comedy God because he was quick, he was sharp, and he was fearless. There wasn’t any topic he wouldn’t touch, but he also wasn’t using shock just to be shocking. Many people have tried to imitate his routines and his style, and now I guess the computers will have a go at it, too.

that was what he was good at, but he was good because he’d spent decades as a comedian going through about four distinct styles. I heartily recommend Carlin’s autobiography.

and before that, Actually Family-Friendly TV Comedian George Carlin

@dgerard and then of course you've got yer Bill and Ted Carlin