What an AI-Generated George Carlin Means for Us All

Feb 13, 2024

Legendary comedian George Carlin is resurrected through AI-generated content, sparking a controversy regarding the ethics and legality of using existing material. Kelly Carlin, George Carlin's daughter, discusses the lawsuit and her father's legacy. The podcast explores the impact of AI on storytelling, the fascination with disasters, and the FCC vs. Pacifica Supreme Court case. They also analyze Carlin's comedic characters and jokes while promoting other podcasts.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

The Legacy of George Carlin and the Impact of AI

02:51 • 8min

Enabling Behavior, Jumbocasino.com, The Daily Show Podcast, and McCartney: A Life and Lyrics

11:00 • 3min

The Fascination with Disasters and AI-generated Content

13:30 • 9min

FCC vs. Pacifica: A Supreme Court Case Involving George Carlin

22:11 • 9min

Fighting for Humanity and Funny Anger

30:51 • 4min

Analyzing the Comedic Characters and Jokes of George Carlin

34:31 • 8min

Promotion of The Daily Show, Season 2 of McCartney, and Guys We F*** podcasts

42:02 • 2min

There’s a brand-new, George Carlin comedy special, which is mystifying and disturbing since he died in 2008!

Legendary comedian George Carlin was unceremoniously resurrected from the grave by a comedy podcast claiming to have created an AI-generated Carlin, based upon decades worth of his existing material. The special they created - “I’m Glad I’m Dead”- had the AI created legend commenting on current issues such as mass shootings, America’s class system, streaming services, social media…even Taylor Swift’s sex life…Really, no Really!

But the computer-generated version lacks Carlin’s brilliance and has created a brouhaha that leads us to an unsettled legal question…whether training A.I. language learning models on publicly available written, visual and audio content infringes on the copyrights of artists and authors. Is it ethical or legal for someone to create a new George Carlin, without his or his estate’s permission?

Jason and Peter needed to find out, so they went to the source, Carlin’s daughter, Kelly Carlin to discuss the controversy, her lawsuit, her dad’s legacy, and what she feels her father would have to say about the current controversy?

Kelly Carlin is a storyteller, writer, performer, photographer, a practitioner of Zen Buddhism and the daughter of the legendary comedian George Carlin who died in 2008. Since then, Kelly has upheld his legacy by spreading his life’s work through many media, protecting his work and image in the public sphere, and stepping into the limelight in her own right.

IN THIS EPISODE:

What’s the purpose of ANY AI-written or performed standup?
Was this truly AI-written and performed - does it matter?
Future protections for performers and their likenesses.
The true story behind George Carlin and his 7 dirty words.
Which would you trust more: An experienced doctor or an AI diagnostician?
When the AI Carlin feeds the future AI, what happens then?
An AI with empathy, does it exist?
The upside to AI hacking comedians, is there one?

FOLLOW KELLY:

Website: TheKellyCarlinSite.com

Memoir: A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George

Podcast: Waking from the American Dream

Instagram: @KellyCarlinisHere

X: @kelly_carlin

SiriusXM: The Kelly Carlin Show on Sirius XM’s Raw Dog (ch.99)

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