Almost a decade after his tragic passing, iconic comedian Robin Williams is being remembered in the worst way possible: by mind-numbing AI slop video tributes that gullible netizens are sharing with abandon on social media.
His surviving daughter and film director Zelda Williams has been watching with dismay.
“That supposedly ‘private video’ of dad that I’ve been shown talking about conspiracies is clearly AI, and not even particularly convincing AI,” she tweeted on Monday. “Anyone who claims to be a fan who believes it clearly listened to his movies on mute because that voice is robotic and terrible.”
A brief search on the Elon Musk-run social media site reveals a pixelated 13-second clip in which an AI-generated Robin Williams claims to have “been in this industry for a long time,” adding that he’d “seen things.” It’s not immediately clear if it’s the video Zelda Williams was referring to, but given how widely it’s been making its rounds, there’s a good chance it is.
