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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    11 months ago

    Carlin’s entire schtick was anti-intellectual platitudinous. He reminds me of Trump with a sense of humor.

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        For starters, his famous “think of how dumb the average person is, half of people are dumber than that.”

        Only a small percent of people would be perceptibly below average. Like single digits. It’s circlejerk humor.

        And as far as humor goes, I think he’s great. Just not a genius nor a prophet.

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            It’s not though. But I like your take on it, except you butchered it lol

            Or can you substantiate that claim with broader context? I can’t remember the setup to the premise.

            I guess we could ask Carlinbot.

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            In a scenario where the average IQ is 200? Do you understand what you’re talking about? You realize that the majority of people are exactly average, with a bit fuzziness, right? No? Then I guess Carlin is for you.

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          But how is that anti-intellectual? Maybe it’s literally saying most people aren’t intellects? But taking the literal interpretation of this joke misses the joke as the other guy pointed out.

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            I’m not reading into it literally, that’s the point. On the surface, Carlin “tells it like it is.” He says things that the people agree with.

            You know what? Just look at the praise for Carlin. You’ll see things like “genius” and “prophet” or “brilliant insight.”

            Then look at people criticizing him like me. Suddenly people defend his character by pointing out he’s just a comedian, it’s just jokes, judge him as a comedian, it’s not serious, etc.

            He’s the Trump of his domain.