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From the perspective of his daughter who knew George Carlin personally, I can see how this would be disturbing. It's as if someone strung up a dead relative like a puppet and put on a show.
I think in more abstract terms from someone who just saw his standup, it's a fun novelty as long as they're not profiting from it or misrepresenting it.
My thoughts exactly. It's being represented as exactly what it is, but I don't think the daughter raised by George Carlin would be happy about it.
It reminds me of the quote, "Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
That's basically saying "she should be happy about plagerism." Sure, they like Carlin, or at least think he'll be profitable. That doesn't mean accepting them ripping him off is the right thing.
It's actually not saying that at all. I specifically said that I expected her to dislike it.
The rest of us, less emotionally invested in the person as a person and more as a deceased performer, will have differing opinions.
The creators of this and articles around it keep referring to it as an impression that speaks to their motives a little. This is why i used that common colloquialism. I suspect that the timing of this may be motivated by recent news surrounding the actors' strikes.
Demonstrating how this could be used to convincingly create content from an actor without any of their intentional input (evident by him being dead) should make people question these capabilities more, just like they did when people first started seeing convincing deep fakes.