The Morning After: That AI-generated George Carlin comedy special was written by humans

As generative AI (and access to AI tools) continues to grow, expect to see more things like the tumult over "George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead." Released on (then pulled from) YouTube, it's framed as an hour of new "material" by the comedian, who died in 2008. It isn't based on old notes or lost routines, either, like recent releases from the Beatles, and George Carlin's estate has filed a lawsuit against the makers. Initial reports from NPR said the AI was trained on thousands of hours of Carlin routines to create the material. Dudesy, the channel that created and posted the video, was later approached by The New York Times, and their spokesperson said the video was "completely written by Chad Kultgen" -- one of the channel's hosts.