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Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of ai Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for ai’ (variety.com)

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Ahead of a Syracuse, New York, stop on his “Bigger & Weirder” tour, Yankovic revealed to Syracuse.com in an interview published this week that he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial for business-focused software, but he backed out once he realized the ad would involve AI. “I’m not a fan of AI,” he said.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Based department.jpeg

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 5 points 3 weeks ago

Desperation to make money by any means necessary is tasty as fuck.

AI will kill the biggest idiots that invested in it and i'm all for it, financially i mean.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

"The hero we need, but not one that we deserve"

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Love it. I'm seeing him @ Tanglewood soon.

[–] babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

He corny but this man has got standards.

[–] Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t know how you would find it, but years ago on one of Bill Simmons-branded podcasts (one associated with Grantland, is all I remember), Chuck Klosterman interviewed Weird Al and it was fantastic. I really developed an appreciation for not only him as a person but also him (and his band) as a musician. Incredibly down-to-earth guy. If you can find that interview it’s worth a listen.

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