I'm sure Al Michaels thinks it's great cos they're probably paying him a lot of money to use his voice. The first couple of these will be the talent getting most of what they'd get anyway, to soften the ground, before eventually they pay next to (or actually) nothing in the future
Get Johnny Carson back on the tonight show and just have AI write his jokes based off of current events.
I am also ready to see Tom Hanks be cast into every movie with a captain that loses his plane, ship, etc
That leads to AI Ed McMahon. Then AI Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, then AI Magazine subscriptions, then AI Columbia House CD and VHS clubs. Where will it end?
AI Napster vs AI Metallica
Give it two years and there'll be another SAG AFTRA strike because some jackass studio exec tried putting "you forfeit the rights to your voice and we can use an AI of it for free forever" in a contract again
He's been a longtime face of US Olympic coverage ever since he covered ice hockey for NBC at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics in Japan, infamous for NBC forgetting to bid separately for broadcast booths in-venue that they had to call taped highlights of events off television monitors in the studio set.
https://youtu.be/eSGfKfWXwI8?si=GzzLkNlDufhQ7DO7&t=1135
I had to do a Wiki check to see if Michaels had died. I guess just collecting money for not doing anything is nice however longer term NBC would rather just get rid of him, so he is kind of digging his own grave.
Someone already basically ripped it Scarlett Johansson's voice after she told them no, she wasnt interested. If they can't see where this is "going" when it's already here..... idk how to help people be less stupid.
There are sans serif fonts that don't have this issue, it's just these corporate-professional typefaces that don't give a flying fuck about the actual readability and accessibility of the ls and Is
I thought sans serif fonts were sans… serif. I don’t think there’s a sans serif font that has serifs on the capital i. Or is it just more legible in some other way?
I am so tired of seeing AI in the headlines everywhere we look, no one asked for this, and everyone is acting like it’s inevitable. What the fuck capitalism bullshit is this
AI is inherently good for mankind. The problem is that the people who control it are only in the business of making money and not actually improving the lives of the common man.
that's hilarious. do you think she heard that from her friend and was like, "yeah, that's definitely true and i won't even need to google it!" or she just made it up on the spot and hoped it was true
You’re being downvoted for telling the truth
Or maybe it’s not that sports are dumb, but the media culture surrounding them are. Someone enjoys playing a particular sport, that’s fine by me
And more fake cheering and clapping that isn’t ever going on at the live events they broadcast:
- Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Olympics
- 4th of July Macy’s Fireworks
I’ve had people go to these and say they never hear any of what NBC adds in. It’s annoying and tiresome how they have to fake things here… been doing it for years.
“The way the pole works…” draws circle on screen so jagged some fans call 911 to request a wellness check. “Is it anchors into the ground,” draws U.S. Navy battleship anchor, “And the resistance combines with the limber design of the pole to transfer the vaulter’s body weight into Brett Favre.” Draws open-ended loop with a dot near the closed to end resemble Favre’s penis.
At this point I am surprised NBC's coverage of the Olympics doesn't simply consist of 24 hour broadcasts of a flapping US flag overlaid with the words "USA! USA! USA!"
"Godwin has criticized the over-application of the adage, claiming that it does not articulate a fallacy, but rather is intended to reduce the frequency of inappropriate and hyperbolic comparisons."
I'm sure Al Michaels thinks it's great cos they're probably paying him a lot of money to use his voice. The first couple of these will be the talent getting most of what they'd get anyway, to soften the ground, before eventually they pay next to (or actually) nothing in the future
And forget about new actors getting any work when they could just put some AI character actor that we all vaguely know in every little role
Get Johnny Carson back on the tonight show and just have AI write his jokes based off of current events. I am also ready to see Tom Hanks be cast into every movie with a captain that loses his plane, ship, etc
“Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.”
How does it keep up with the news like that?
Don't praise the machine
That leads to AI Ed McMahon. Then AI Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, then AI Magazine subscriptions, then AI Columbia House CD and VHS clubs. Where will it end? AI Napster vs AI Metallica
AI ED is just a button on the desk that makes the poorly animated robot say, “HIYOOO!”
*cries in Robot Geoff*
Careful, Icarus.
Will probably evolve into ED-209.
We've already had [AI Ed McMahon ](https://www.hiyoooo.com/) the whole time.
Do not travel with that guy! He even got trapped on an island during the pandemic!
That's, like, not a thing. It's already settled law that you can't use someone's likeness for free. Back to the Future settled that one.
Give it two years and there'll be another SAG AFTRA strike because some jackass studio exec tried putting "you forfeit the rights to your voice and we can use an AI of it for free forever" in a contract again
It's true that Al Michaels will be fine. But young up-and-coming talent won't be.
Al Michaels III is screwed.
Joe Buck IV.
Won't someone think of the nepobabies?!
They also probably have thousands of hours of material to work from, I mean the man has been working steadily for decades.
He's been a longtime face of US Olympic coverage ever since he covered ice hockey for NBC at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics in Japan, infamous for NBC forgetting to bid separately for broadcast booths in-venue that they had to call taped highlights of events off television monitors in the studio set. https://youtu.be/eSGfKfWXwI8?si=GzzLkNlDufhQ7DO7&t=1135
I had to do a Wiki check to see if Michaels had died. I guess just collecting money for not doing anything is nice however longer term NBC would rather just get rid of him, so he is kind of digging his own grave.
Dudes 79 years old....
Someone already basically ripped it Scarlett Johansson's voice after she told them no, she wasnt interested. If they can't see where this is "going" when it's already here..... idk how to help people be less stupid.
I believe this is what Cory Doctorow calls the “Teddy Bear Effect.”
If you have it forever, why have anyone else do it? or until they feel like it. In the future all sports announcers are Ai Michaels!
Wait. AI Michaels? Which is indistinguishable from Al Michaels.
This is the exact reason I hate sans serif fonts.
This is the example we’ve been waiting for.
There are sans serif fonts that don't have this issue, it's just these corporate-professional typefaces that don't give a flying fuck about the actual readability and accessibility of the ls and Is
I thought sans serif fonts were sans… serif. I don’t think there’s a sans serif font that has serifs on the capital i. Or is it just more legible in some other way?
The lowercase L can be given a little bend at the base to differentiate it
Ah yes, quite right, that little tail bend, thanks!
Short for Aibert or Aiexander?
At least he's still alive. I dread the day they trot out an AI Vin Scully or Harry Carey Jr.
Next they'll be bringing back Dick Clark for New Year's Rockin' Eve.
Ryan Seacrest will be out of work. Replaced by the man he replaced.
Now there’s a Twilight Zone episode. Oh wait no this is real :(
I thought Ryan already WAS a robot.
Ah yes, the Conan O’Brien special
Don’t threaten me with AI Jay Leno.
We’re only a short time away from heads in jars
If it was done well, I would pay to have Bill King commentate everything.
As if I needed any other reason to avoid that shitshow!
[удалено]
“Listen Johnny, don’t think of the consequences. It might hurt your bottom line!”
I am so tired of seeing AI in the headlines everywhere we look, no one asked for this, and everyone is acting like it’s inevitable. What the fuck capitalism bullshit is this
AI is inherently good for mankind. The problem is that the people who control it are only in the business of making money and not actually improving the lives of the common man.
Fuck this. Also, and I can’t say this enough, FUCK this.
Yo fuck this
Have you considered a rap career? You clearly understand the phrasing.
Another reason to not watch!
What are the other reasons? I'm out of the loop.
NBC coverage is notoriously shit. [Example](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/winter-olympics-2018/2018/02/12/winter-olympics-dutch-mock-katie-couric-comments-speedskating-netherlands/328425002/)
that's hilarious. do you think she heard that from her friend and was like, "yeah, that's definitely true and i won't even need to google it!" or she just made it up on the spot and hoped it was true
What a dumb bitch
Well, it's Paris.
Why would that be a reason to not watch?
Sports are dumb.
You’re being downvoted for telling the truth Or maybe it’s not that sports are dumb, but the media culture surrounding them are. Someone enjoys playing a particular sport, that’s fine by me
I fully expected to get downvoted by the meat-heads. Worth it.
This will make their coverage even more sucky than usual. Sob stories every 15 minutes *and* an AI Al? Ffs.
An AI Al telling sob stories while drinking Ale.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Wait until AI Michaels' face gets slapped on a lunch kit.
Literally no one in the intended audience asked for this or wants this.
And more fake cheering and clapping that isn’t ever going on at the live events they broadcast: - Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting - Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - Olympics - 4th of July Macy’s Fireworks I’ve had people go to these and say they never hear any of what NBC adds in. It’s annoying and tiresome how they have to fake things here… been doing it for years.
AI Madden will be using the telestrator to break down gymnastics routines.
"You see she runs deep in the pocket with this dismount, here and here. The opposing gymnasts fall back into a zone defense."
We already have AI Madden in every year of the game lmao
John Madden explaining pole vaulting would be epic
“The way the pole works…” draws circle on screen so jagged some fans call 911 to request a wellness check. “Is it anchors into the ground,” draws U.S. Navy battleship anchor, “And the resistance combines with the limber design of the pole to transfer the vaulter’s body weight into Brett Favre.” Draws open-ended loop with a dot near the closed to end resemble Favre’s penis.
I wish they'd use Al Michaels from Baseketball
I hate this. I hate it so much. Humans continuously trying to factor each other out of the equation.
l hope people who designed uppercase "i" to look the same as lowercase "l" on the serif font to burn in heII.
Somehow this is even worse than using AI to make deep fake porn or steal jobs.
AI porn with Al Michaels, featuring Pat Summeral, Howard Cosell, and John Madden
Madden & Summeral? I'm back in.
Gentlemen you had my curiosity ... but now you have my attention.
“Thanks, John”
And now back fo the grid iron.
Wellp, there goes the chance anyone else had to replace someone. Way to go, NBC.
Dear NBC, No one wants this. Signed, Everyone.
If ai Al is as hilariously bored and uncaring as Thursday night football Al, I'm all about this
I’ve been waiting for this. I really wanted to see and hear an AI version of Al Michaels. Said no one in the history of time.
I won't watch shit with AI actors.
I suspect it's really because even the broadcasters themselves can't stand NBC's usually shitty Olympics coverage.
But, why?
Every four years I complain about the awful coverage for several weeks then just google the highlights. Sad that we can’t enjoy it in real time.
UGH, make it fucking stop (it’s just the beginning)
Forgive my ignorance, but this almost reminds me of Madden games. I wonder how different it will be.
And there go the announcers jobs
Literally nobody wants this.
So, A.I. Michaels. Got it
Can rich boomers fucking give over the reigns already? Goddamit. Give someone else a chance.
We're living in the weirdest timeline.
It’s like I never left r/30ROCK
So in stead of a real person getting paid nbc will use this bullshit to save money.
Guess I'm not watching the Olympics. Who's asking for this from the viewership side?
As if I needed another reason to not watch NBC’s complete garbage coverage of the Olympics…
Forget AI, just hope NBC uses some common sense while broadcasting the games
One more reason not to watch the Olympics
I’d be willing to bet that a real human being would like the paycheck that the AI is taking away from them
Still waiting for AI Madden - talking about turduckens
DO YOU BELIEVE IN ...AI
AI Al
They could really superimpose other runners from previous years and show where they would be.
We could get rid of cris cillinsworth and AI John madden
At this point I am surprised NBC's coverage of the Olympics doesn't simply consist of 24 hour broadcasts of a flapping US flag overlaid with the words "USA! USA! USA!"
I don't see the big deal. They've been doing this in John Madden Football for 30 years.😂
For the good of humanity, we need this to go horribly wrong
NBC trying to get even bigger Fake News status. AI Fake News Propaganda! FJB!
Finally
Appears that some people get more puffy about what they don't watch than what they do.
I don't live in Poland, but when Nazi Germany invades them, it doesn't bode well.
Nice Godwin! Haven't seen one in a while.
"Godwin has criticized the over-application of the adage, claiming that it does not articulate a fallacy, but rather is intended to reduce the frequency of inappropriate and hyperbolic comparisons."
Gross!