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Robin Williams' Daughter to Fans Creating AI Videos: 'Have Some Shame'

96 points · 65 comments · CharlesW

  1. delichon · · focus · HN ↗
    I remember being stunned by Mork from Ork. Then watched as the same guy grew into one of the most iconic and loved humans on Earth. Given the amount of brain share that he earned it's kind of inevitable that so many people try to bring him back. I hope his daughter can also feel the love in it.

    But shazbot to anyone who goes rule 34 on him.

    1. willis936 · · focus · HN ↗
      There's a few different ways to look at this.

      1. You appreciate Robin Williams and were he here right now judging you for how you honor his memory, would he approve?

      2. Robin Williams is not here, or anywhere, so then if he were would he approve of you bringing pain to someone he loved dearly? Why would you do that to Robin Williams?

      3. Robin Williams is not here, or anywhere, so then nothing matters and I bet I could get some views.

      It's difficult to see love in these acts when they seem to be fundamentally selfish. Not at all what Robin Williams would do.

      1. csallen · · focus · HN ↗
        Robin Williams himself famously did humorous impersonations of recently-deceased celebrities and politicians. He was an irreverent comedian. You guys need to relax.
        1. EA-3167 · · focus · HN ↗
          Yeah… he did them. He didn’t tell a computer to mock up a realdoll of them and share it for clicks.
        2. troupo · · focus · HN ↗
          Yes. He did it. In person. Putting in, you know, actual work and character studies.
          1. csallen · · focus · HN ↗
            How is that relevant?

            Robin Williams' daughter's complaint isn't, "AI is easy." She's complaining that impersonating her father in this way is disrespectful and that he wouldn't like it.

            Do you think anyone deceased that Robin Williams made fun of, or their families, would've said, "You know what, nevermind that this is disrespectful, it took work!"

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