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Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of ai Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for ai’ (variety.com)
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Ahead of a Syracuse, New York, stop on his “Bigger & Weirder” tour, Yankovic revealed to Syracuse.com in an interview published this week that he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial for business-focused software, but he backed out once he realized the ad would involve AI. “I’m not a fan of AI,” he said.

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[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

knew as a kid i picked him as a hero of mine for a reason.

[–] white_nrdy@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He's one of the only celebrities that I feel like has stood the test of time and not been revealed as a shitty person

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

the only other person in hollywood i would put on the same level is jack black (que people telling me bad stuff about jack i didn't know about before.) P. much everyone else there or from there I don't care about or think are garbage people.

[–] RoddyStiggs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm gonna be that guy. He ended Tenacious D over Kyle making a joke about Trump not getting shot.

[–] white_nrdy@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm also a fan of JB (and Tenacious D for that matter). I heard of this. While I don't love it ant I don't agree, I can see it from the perspective of "don't call for violence for anyone".

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yah, wasn't going to engage with this cuz too many psychos on here have this view and I didn't want to set off the 10th one today, guess he wasn't one of them. Jack black is a child friendly actor, it's not surprising to have seen him do that. It would have damage his carrier over another's joke and he said he was waiting to start the band back up later.

[–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Child friendly actor, sure, but tenacious D child friendly? Where their most popular music is from an R rated stoner comedy? The child friendly Tenacious D who have “Kickapoo” and the devil metal song about selling said band mate to Satan as a sex slave? Tenacious D is not for children lol

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keanu Reeves

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Opp, him too, he's not one of my youth heros but your deff right.

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ahh totally a fair point. Missed the message about “as a kid”

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I haven't yet heard anything horrible about Dolly Parton