“Seinfeld” ended almost 25 years ago. And if you think that’s difficult to wrap your brain around, just wait until you hear about this.
Apparently there’s an AI version of “Seinfeld” called “Nothing Forever” that’s gotten quite popular on Twitch, and it was just humming along until last night, when it disappeared abruptly following a “transphobic” standup comedy routine. We wish were were making this up.
"Nothing, Forever," has been banned for at least 14 days. https://t.co/JCSzt2tueD
— Motherboard (@motherboard) February 6, 2023
“Hey everybody. Here’s the latest: we received a 14-day suspension due to what Larry Feinberg said tonight during a club bit,” Xander, one of the creators of Nothing Forever, said on Discord. “We’ve appealed the ban, and we’ll let you know as we know more on what Twitch decides. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, we’ll be back and will spend the time working to ensure to the best of our abilities that nothing like that happens again.”
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The incident is emblematic of one faced by most AI: When AI is trained on hateful or biased material, the outputs can often be hateful or biased. This has given rise to the field of AI safety, which develops tools to mitigate the biases baked into models. This is why ChatGPT typically won’t make blatantly racist, sexist, or transphobic remarks when asked simply. Many AI tools are moderated by underpaid workers in the developing world.
The staff has made most of its Discord read only. On a thread where users are still allowed to post, many users are using Midjourney AI to generate images of Jerry Seinfeld holding the trans pride flag.
This all seems very healthy and not at all insane.
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But just out of morbid curiosity, what was in this “transphobic” routine that made it so transphobic?
#watchmeforever just got banned after producing "this clip" btw I love Nothing, Forever pic.twitter.com/DqtUl1JX1G
— May (@watmay1) February 6, 2023
Oh, OK. That clip totally explains it*.
*That clip explains nothing except that it’s an incredibly dumb time to be alive.
Am I crazy, or is the joke that no one is laughing so he proposes ideas for bits that will probably go over even worse than what he was doing so far? https://t.co/cbE1pPzrrR
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) February 6, 2023
No, you’re not crazy, Noam. That’s how we took it, and that’s how any sane person whose brain hasn’t been completely devoured by worms should take it as well.
Is the transphobic joke that got the Seinfeld AI project banned from Twitch even transphobic? This could be read as making fun of these attitudes. pic.twitter.com/wEduWUYkdN
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 6, 2023
It really got banned for that? I thought that was a joke. https://t.co/qrCxrPRlhQ
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 6, 2023
Well, to be fair, the Woke Left can’t really take a joke. To be fair, they have no sense of humor.
— Old Punk Podcast (@OPPDTown) February 6, 2023
If you're so fragile that a "transphobic comment" from an AI can hurt you… https://t.co/MZkqJLH3Sf
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) February 6, 2023
"Our ai was accidentally transphobic, but it doesn't represent our views." This is a statement someone made. We're boned.
— The Tru Fenix (@thetrufenix) February 6, 2023
Yeah we are.
AI is cancelled. https://t.co/WCYjvx1OhT pic.twitter.com/lm6JThlpDY
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 6, 2023
You know what? Let’s just cancel everything. You can never be too safe … or too stupid.
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