'Weird Al' Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad
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Weird Al Yankovic almost became the face of artificial intelligence. The parody legend, currently on his "Bigger & Weirder" tour, says he was offered "a nice pile of money" to appear in a commercial, only to discover a week before filming that it was for AI software. He walked away. "I can't be the poster boy for AI, forget it," he said.
Yankovic joins a growing chorus of Hollywood voices pushing back against the technology. Director Kane Parsons has called AI "genuinely harmful." Emma Thompson says it's brought "intense irritation" to her creative work. And Madonna, in a recent interview with Vogue Italia, put it bluntly: "Algorithms and artificial intelligence are the opposite of taking risks and to me that is the opposite of making art."
Though it's worth noting, Madonna's own "Confessions II" short film did rely on AI artists, adding a complicated wrinkle to that particular stand.
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