'No machine will ever replace his genius': The daughter of late comedian George Carlin speaks out against a ghoulish AI-generated comedy special, which was likely edited by real people anyway

Earlier this week, a new special from stand-up comedian George Carlin was posted to YouTube—which is concerning, seeing as he died in 2008.

Titled "I'm Glad I'm Dead", the special was allegedly created, edited, and posted to the Dudesy YouTube channel by an AI. At least that's what the core conceit of the Dudesy podcast is trying to sell. 

Marketing itself as a «first of its kind media experiment», the show follows Canadian comedian and impressionist Will Sasso and podcaster Chad Kultgen as they're made to host podcasts where Dudesy is the producer with an iron fist. As the website reads:

«Our hosts have been convinced to grant the Dudesy AI access to all of their personal emails, text messages, social media accounts, purchases, and browsing histories so that it can tailor the show to their specific personalities and entertain you at the highest level possible. Every episode is an experiment that generates data that will be used to make the next episode even better! Eventually Dudesy will be perfect and so will you.»

If you're familiar with Harlan Ellison's chilling work of sci-fi horror fiction I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, it's sort of like that. Except AM's trying to make the perfect podcast rather than turning its victims into shambling flesh blobs. You can decide which is the more effective form of torture.

Past examples of Dudesy's 'great works' include a bizarre biography by 'Toam Haines' (parenthesis, how Toam Haine became Wizard Man) featuring an AI-generated Tom Hanks, as well as a teaser trailer for 'Potion Pals' featuring Megan Bryan (Meg Ryan)—weird, but not noteworthy. 

The comedy special in question, however, drew widespread ire from the internet at-large, including from George Carlin's daughter