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That AI generated Seinfeld show has already been suspended from Twitch
AI-generated Seinfeld parody suspended by Twitch for transphobic content
What’s the deal with the AI-generated Seinfeld parody “Nothing, Forever?”
On Sunday night, “Nothing, Forever” found itself in hot water after its AI-generated dialogue included a rant about trans people while streaming on Twitch. The show mimics the hit 90s sitcom, Seinfeld, and follows Larry Feinberg, a robotic 3-D animated stand-in for Jerry Seinfeld, and his three pals have all sorts of zany discussions about, well, nothing. Much of “Nothing, Forever” occurs in Larry’s living room but, like Seinfeld, the show includes a stand-up set opener from our main character.
“There’s like 50 people here and no one is laughing,” Larry said during the stream. “Anyone have any suggestions?”
Larry then dropped some transphobic lines that likely run afoul of Twitch’s guidelines, resulting in a temporary two-week suspension.
Since Dec. 14 of last year, a computer-generated, 3-D animated parody of Seinfeld has been airing around the clock on Twitch. The dialogue is completely generated by OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model. (If OpenAI sounds familiar, that’s because they are behind the popular ChatGPT AI chatbot as well.) The media group behind the project, Mismatch Media, included a few moderation filters when setting “Nothing, Forever” up, but beyond that, they’ve been hands-off and letting the AI take the show wherever it may go.
But, something clearly went wrong on Sunday.
The creators of “Nothing, Forever” explained in the show’s Discord chat that they were changing AI models when the moderation failure occurred, leading to Larry’s rant about trans people. Another person on the team also stressed that the resulting content in no way reflected what the show’s creators believe.
Twitch has suspended the channel for two weeks. After that time, it appears “Nothing, Forever” will be back and Larry will have better stand-up material.
AI-generated ‘Seinfeld’ suspended on Twitch for AI-generated transphobic jokes
After charming the internet (and us) with its absurdist nature, the AI-generated “Seinfeld”-spoof “Nothing, Forever” was suspended from Twitch for 14 days. As part of its parody of “Seinfeld,” one of the recurring scenes on “Nothing, Forever” shows Larry Feinberg — the Jerry Seinfeld character — performing stand-up routines. Usually, Larry’s jokes went something like, […]
AI-generated ‘Seinfeld’ suspended on Twitch for AI-generated transphobic jokes by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter opens public appeals for suspended accounts
When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he said he would offer “amnesty” to previously banned and suspended accounts. Since then, he’s restored dozens of controversial high-profile users, including Donald Trump (who has yet to return to the platform), comedian Kathy Griffin, and a number of whitenationalists and members of the far-right.
Now, Twitter is opening a public-facing appeals process, which will allow anyone whose account has previously been suspended to request reinstatement. The company posted a link to an online form accessible to users who are able to log into an account that’s previously been locked or suspended.
Starting today, anyone can request that we review a suspended account for reinstatement under our new criteria. You can submit an appeal here: https://t.co/av9ppXW9ofhttps://t.co/rgvflHgy15
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) February 1, 2023
Earlier this week, the company indicated a new appeals process would be coming as part of its policy to take “less severe actions” against rule-breaking accounts. “Going forward, we will take less severe actions, such as limiting the reach of policy-violating Tweets or asking you to remove Tweets before you can continue using your account,” the company said. “Account suspension will be reserved for severe or ongoing, repeat violations of our policies.”
Twitter added that appeals would be “evaluated under our new criteria for reinstatement.” But it didn’t elaborate on what that criteria would be, or how long the process might take. The company says it expects to receive a “high volume” of requests and that reinstated requests are expected to “follow our rules.”