--- title: George Carlin AI Comedy Special Slammed by His Daughter description: A new AI-generated comedy special featuring the voice of George Carlin has been released, sparking outrage from Carlin's daughter. canonical: https://time.com/6554479/george-carlin-ai-comedy-special-controversy/ author: Simmone Shah article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-01-11T17:52:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:50:38.162Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: George Carlin AI Comedy Special Slammed by His Daughter og:description: "No machine will ever replace his genius." og:url: https://time.com/6554479/george-carlin-ai-comedy-special-controversy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558391f711526d20/698a43c416d8844e46c3ca49/GettyImages-1325751486.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: George Carlin, June, 1992 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George Carlin AI Comedy Special Slammed by His Daughter twitter:description: "No machine will ever replace his genius." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558391f711526d20/698a43c416d8844e46c3ca49/GettyImages-1325751486.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # AI-Generated George Carlin Comedy Special Slammed by Comedian's Daughter > Sponsored content. 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George Carlin performs a standup routine at the Cheyenne Civic Center on June 1, 1992 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mark Junge—Getty Images  by [Simmone Shah](https://time.com/author/simmone-shah/)  ## Simmone Shah Reporter Jan 11, 2024 5:52 PM UTC A new AI-generated comedy special featuring the voice of [George Carlin](https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1817192,00.html) has been released more than 15 years after the comedian's death, sparking outrage from Carlin's daughter. The hour-long special, called “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead!” was created by an AI program called Dudesy that learns from data to create new episodes of a a weekly podcast and YouTube show co-hosted by Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen, with the AI acting as a third host. Carlin’s daughter, Kelly Carlin, has come out against the special, posting a [statement on X](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fcarlin/status/1745261544001466689) on Wednesday. “My dad spent a lifetime perfecting his craft from his very human life, brain and imagination,” she wrote. “No machine will ever replace his genius. These AI generated products are clever attempts at trying to recreate a mind that will never exist again.” ### More From TIME “Here’s an idea, how about we give some actual living human comedians a listen to?” Carlin continued. “But if you want to listen to the genuine George Carlin, he has 14 specials that you can find anywhere.” > [](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fcarlin/status/1745261544001466689) The special addresses current topics Carlin may have broached in his comedy if he were alive, including mass shootings and billionaires like Jeff Bezos and [Elon Musk](https://time.com/6310076/elon-musk-ai-walter-isaacson-biography/). “I just want to let you know very clearly that what you’re about to hear is not George Carlin. It’s my impersonation of George Carlin that I developed in the exact same way a human impressionist would,” the AI says at the beginning of the special. “I listened to all of George Carlin’s material and did my best to imitate his voice, cadence and attitude as well as the subject matter I think would have interested him today. So think of it like Andy Kaufman impersonating Elvis or like Will Ferrell impersonating George W. Bush.” The show is the second Dudesy comedy special. The first, an AI-generated standup routine featuring the likeness of former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, was removed after Brady threatened legal action. ## Transcript My name is Andrew Chad. I'm a culture and Technology reporter for Time Magazine. I've been covering the ways that AI has invaded culture this year, especially as tools like chat to PT and Dolly have come to the fore. It's really been transformative cross cultural Industries. It's provoked both enthusiasm and panic and I think we've seen that a lot of these industries. The bigger Industries have really taken steps to protect themselves from what they view as Surfin encroachment and a threat to artist on the other hand there a lot of small-scale artists who have been deploying these tools mostly to go viral. So on the defensive side, we've seen how a I figured very prominently into the Hollywood strikes this year. There was a historic double strike in Hollywood hoes from the writers and Actors Guild both bodies were very concerned about how a I might serve as Replacements or take jobs from them is already being used in writers rooms to is like Chachi be used to generate ideas for sitcoms things like that. Eventually, the writer is secured protection so that the studio is can't just basically type in you know, give me five friends. Cost and then not have to pay a writer for their next Mega series. On the actor side The Screen Actors Guild is very concerned that the Studio's might be able to scan the visual likenesses of people and then insert them into scenes in perpetuity. So the guild did secure protection so that if Dwayne The Rock Johnson doesn't want to have his body scanned and then use for the rest of his life or even after his life. He likes play any actors who wants consent to have their body scans they can do so and then they will be paid even if it's their body double in see but there are many actors who feel that the AI protections of the contract aren't robust enough. They feel that there are loopholes that could just reportedly impact less famous actors who don't have the leverage to stand up for themselves. So the battle over AI in Hollywood is far from over. There have also been some significant lawsuit Sarah Silverman and other writers to open a i and other companies alleging that they are infringing on their copyright and training their models with their texts and similar lawsuit happens among artist like Kelly McKiernan who found that their Artistic Styles were being used as props for simple diffusion George, r.r. Martin and the group of writers also filed a lawsuit against AI companies from using their words and the writer Lee styles to train. Am I the Saddles are playing on Court and we're seeing exactly what kind of protections judges are going to afford birth to the artist feel like they're having their copyright and then the AI companies themselves. Then we turn over to the ways that a ice being used to be really well a is being used to sort of like minor and more technical liaison Hollywood movies. It's being able to be deployed as much smaller skills more rapidly. So we're seeing an influx of a i videos especially on Tik-Tok. We're seeing different Transit. Like what if the shining was created by Wes Anderson or Harry Potter and Balenciaga was a big trend of mapping a certain Style on 2 in in Congress Griffith characters are visual world than we've had all sorts of audio deepfakes Joe Rogan getting into a main arguments about Ratatouille Concepts actually in music. We've seen a lot of audio deepfakes and people recreating different songs or creating new songs in the voices of their favorite artists some musicians have reacted. Revolution as is the case of Bad Bunny who heard a song of him that went viral and other artists have embraced it including Grimes Grimes created in AI vocal clone a self like software that allows people to sing as her and then shared her favorite vocal Creations. Swear. A lot of smaller scale artists are using these tools to generate excitement and recognition in virality. And on the other hand there a lot of artists who feel like their work is being co-opted and they're taking steps to protect themselves. 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