AI-generated Seinfeld parody suspended by Twitch for transphobic content

What’s up with the AI-generated ones? His field Parody “Nothing, Forever?”

On Sunday night, “Nothing, Forever” found itself in hot water after containing its AI-generated dialogue a chatter(Opens in a new tab) about trans people streaming on Twitch. The show mimics the hit ’90s sitcom, His field, and follows Larry Feinberg, a 3D animated robotic replacement for Jerry Seinfeld, and his three buddies having all sorts of crazy discussions about nothing. Much of Nothing Forever takes place in Larry’s living room, though His fieldthe show includes a stand-up set opener by our main character.

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“There’s about 50 people here and nobody’s laughing,” Larry said during the stream. “Any suggestions?”

Larry then dropped some transphobic lines that likely violate Twitch’s policies, resulting in a temporary two-week suspension.

As of December 14 last year, a computer-generated, 3-D animated parody of His field was broadcast 24/7 on Twitch. The dialog is generated entirely by OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model. (If OpenAI looks familiar, that’s because they’re also behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.) The media group behind the project, Mismatch Media, built in some moderation filters when setting up Nothing, Forever, but beyond that, Me have stayed away from it and let the AI ​​run the show wherever it may go.

But something clearly went wrong on Sunday.

The creators of Nothing, Forever explained on the show’s Discord chat that they changed the AI ​​models when the moderation error occurred, leading to Larry’s ranting about trans people. Another person on the team also stressed that the resulting content in no way reflects what the show’s creators believe.

Twitch has suspended the channel for two weeks. After that time, Nothing, Forever seems to be back and Larry will have better stand-up material.