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AI-Generated George Carlin Drops Comedy Special That Daughter Speaks Out Against: ‘No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius’::Stand-up comedian George Carlin has been brought back to life in an artificial intelligence-generated special called 'I'm Glad I'm Dead.'

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (10 children)

I'm not here to rage about the whole human vs machine thing because I honestly don't give two shits. However, this isn't very good. The pacing feels like George Carlin, but that's about it. It's really more like an edgy Ryan Reynolds.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

I disagree. It's actually pretty good. Hopefully some people will be outraged enough to actually listen to it.

The joke structure is 100% Carlin's. The delivery is almost perfect. The message is spot-on.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (6 children)

As someone who's consumed every album and special George Carlin produced, it felt like someone retelling their memory of some of his bits. Like regurgitation. It'd be impressive if your nephew performed this at his thirteenth birthday party after becoming obsessed with Carlin.

[–] Nusm 2 points 10 months ago

See, I disagree. Someone retelling their memory of some of his bits, or your nephew performing at his birthday party would be telling old George Carlin jokes. This was new material and was topical, which I think is cool. It's hard to know what George would really think about today's climate, but I can't imagine it would be too far off from the this.

Was it perfect? No. But if I know what it is going in, I can sit back and just enjoy it for what it is - entertainment.

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