From the article: Zelda William, daughter of late actor Robin Williams, has requested fans to stop sending her AI-generated videos of her father.
Williams, one of America’s most adored actors and star of Mrs Doubtfire and Dead Poets Society, died by suicide in 2014 at the age of 63. In the months leading up to Williams’ death, he had been struggling with health issues after being misdiagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and his autopsy revealed he had Lewy body dementia, an incurable brain disease that causes trouble sleeping, hallucinations, and loss of motor actions, amongst other symptoms.
In a social media post, the Lisa Frankenstein director said it was a “waste of time and energy” to send her content that featured digitally generated likenesses of Williams because it would not be something he’d want.
“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t,” Williams wrote on her Instagram Stories on Monday. “If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want.
“To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to ‘this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that’s enough’, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening.”
BryBryceratops on
Honestly it is kind of sick and weird. But, technology can’t be stopped. I am sure it is mega-painful to her and his entire family but, well, here we are
Doc-in-a-box on
This is really interesting, because the content creators are probably people that really love or loved Robin. Then they assume they are being empathetic by sending it on. Think they’re performing a kind act.
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From the article: Zelda William, daughter of late actor Robin Williams, has requested fans to stop sending her AI-generated videos of her father.
Williams, one of America’s most adored actors and star of Mrs Doubtfire and Dead Poets Society, died by suicide in 2014 at the age of 63. In the months leading up to Williams’ death, he had been struggling with health issues after being misdiagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and his autopsy revealed he had Lewy body dementia, an incurable brain disease that causes trouble sleeping, hallucinations, and loss of motor actions, amongst other symptoms.
In a social media post, the Lisa Frankenstein director said it was a “waste of time and energy” to send her content that featured digitally generated likenesses of Williams because it would not be something he’d want.
“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t,” Williams wrote on her Instagram Stories on Monday. “If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want.
“To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to ‘this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that’s enough’, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening.”
Honestly it is kind of sick and weird. But, technology can’t be stopped. I am sure it is mega-painful to her and his entire family but, well, here we are
This is really interesting, because the content creators are probably people that really love or loved Robin. Then they assume they are being empathetic by sending it on. Think they’re performing a kind act.
Gotta clarify your assumptions people