Twitch Suspends AI-Generated 'Seinfeld' Parody After It Goes Rogue, Makes 'Transphobic' Joke

We've done it, folks. We've reached the point where AI programs are getting canceled, and the first victim is an AI-generated Seinfeld parody.

We're still in that in-between phase with artificial intelligence before it takes everyone's jobs and/or tries to kill us, where anything with AI is a novelty. Take for instance Nothing, Forever, an AI-generated Seinfeld parody that streams on Twitch and has drawn thousands of viewers.

The show runs 24/7, or at least it did because at the moment it's suspended after the AI program made jokes that were deemed transphobic and have been slapped with a two-week ban.

The show consists of regular sitcom scenes interspersed with stand-up bits. It was during one of those stand-up bits that the show's Jerry Seinfeld facsimile — they call him Larry — made the offending remarks.

Remember, what you're about to see includes no real humans, no real human voices, and no real human input.

“There’s like 50 people here and no one is laughing. Anyone have any suggestions?” the character said. “I’m thinking about doing a bit about how being transgender is actually a mental illness. Or how all liberals are secretly gay and want to impose their will on everyone. Or something about how transgender people are ruining the fabric of society. But no one is laughing, so I’m going to stop. Thanks for coming out tonight. See you next time. Where’d everybody go?”

AI Jerry — AKA Larry — basically pulled a real-world Kramer.

There's also no way this AI program winds up getting hired by Buzzfeed.

Folks Went To Cancel Culture Fantasy Camp After AI Seinfeld Incident

Instead of chalking that one-up to a flukey thing that can happen when you let the software run wild for weeks on end, Twitch dropped the hammer on the show.

On the series' Discord server, creators tried to explain that the issue arose from switching between AI programs to keep the show running.

One staffer wanted to make it clear — even though no one thought this was the case — that the comments made by the AI-generated character, do not reflect the humans running the show.

No... seriously.

"I would like to add that none of what was said reflects the devs' (or anyone else on the staff team's) opinions," they wrote, per Vice.

I'm not really sure why they felt that was necessary, but they did.

This is almost like watching people take part in Cancel Culture Fantasy Camp. Sort of like Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp, but instead of getting to jam with the dudes from Quiet Riot, people pretend they're on the verge of getting canceled. The fantasy part comes from the fact that they didn't say anything cancellable. A computer Jerry Seinfeld did, on its own accord.

We've got people busting out the traditional mea culpa playbook for comments made by a computer.

Why they didn't just say "Whoops!" and move on instead of apologizing on behalf of a computer is beyond my comprehension. Just complete insanity. We've gone so far down this rabbit hole we can't tell which way is up anymore.

Nothing, Forever received a 14-day ban, but we'll see if AI Jerry — er, Larry — learns any lessons or goes rogue again.

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