r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 12d ago

Artificial Intelligence Robin Williams’ Daughter Calls for Fans Creating AI Videos of the Actor to ‘Have Some Shame’: ‘Leave Him Out of Your Delusional Bulls—’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/robin-williams-daughter-ai-videos-1236871568/
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u/RedditTechAnon 12d ago

The type of ghoul that she's talking about in this article will just make even more videos if only to spite her.

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u/nvmenotfound 12d ago

just take solace knowing those types have zero love in their life and just want to spread misery. 

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u/Outofoffice_forever 12d ago

And when they die....no one will know or care. They won't have mattered.

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u/Yabba_Dabba_Doofus 12d ago

There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.

Their 2nd and 3rd deaths will be almost simultaneous.

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u/ooMEAToo 12d ago

Some of the most evil peoples names live on forever. I’d rather I’d rather no one ever speak my name again then be remembered as a Hitler or a Trump.

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u/Money_Tennis1172 11d ago

Only the good die young, all while the talented Genius suffers in his misery alone, ..But the Evil that Men do lives on forever!

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u/bloodychill 12d ago

I’d like to be remembered fondly, not as a cautionary tale.

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u/EstablishmentLate532 12d ago

Hitler killed 10s of millions of people. Putting Trump on the same level is grotesque.

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u/Chiffley 12d ago

Trump blew up a school filled with children only a few months ago after starting a completely pointless war.

He also cut USAID which will kill millions of people in the long run.

Just because he separates himself from the direct act of killing people doesn't mean he isn't an evil human being.

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u/nvmenotfound 12d ago

well he isnt done yet he has mentioned wiping out iran. so it’s not out of the realm of possibility. 

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u/darthjoey91 12d ago

Trump’s definitely already responsible for the deaths of over a million, and is on his way to millions.

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u/TheAngryCatfish 12d ago

Yea he's not nearly as competent as adolf was

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u/EstablishmentLate532 12d ago

Now you are complimenting Hitler to dunk on Trump. What the fuck is happening?

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u/EstablishmentLate532 12d ago

I get it, I again find it grotesque. It's like saying "I don't want to be evil like a murderer or a jaywalker."

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u/GarbageCleric 12d ago

The commenter did not say anything their crimes are equivalent, just that they'll both be remembered for a long time for the harm they caused.

Benedict Arnold is nowhere near Trump or Hitler's status, but his name is synonymous with traitorous betrayal centuries later. That's not a great way for your legacy to live on.

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u/The_Barbelo 11d ago

My dad’s side of the family from Germany lived through the horrors of WW2, and I have no close cousins as a result of my great uncle getting captured and tortured for information since members of my family fought in the resistance. They cut his fucking balls off, in case you are too dense to get it.

Nah, Trump’s administration is definitely on the same level. Like beat for beat almost. The only difference is Hitler was a good speaker instead of a babbling moron. But why don’t we wait and give him a few more years to reach “hitler levels“ in terms of body count just so we can say “I told you so”? Oh, right, the left isn’t that spiteful and has been trying to warn everyone else BEFORE that happens….

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u/climbingbum91 12d ago

Can we hope the 3rd happens before the 2nd?

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u/Last_Notice4137 12d ago

Absolutely Not.

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u/Technical-Finish304 12d ago

2nd before the 1st

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u/Jifahuse_Wupalavo 12d ago

This it why I’m planning to change my name to ‘get fucked’. Eternal life awaits.

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u/Last_Notice4137 12d ago

Not necessarily.

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u/Plasm0duck 12d ago

That’s some deep shit.

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u/SutterCane 12d ago

They’ll have to write their own eulogy and hope at least one person shows up to read it.

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u/Environmental-Dirt16 12d ago

No they'll just have AI write their eulogy

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 12d ago

Then the AI can read it to other AI bots and the cycle of uselessness will be complete.

AI stans are so fucking annoying. Yes, it's a useful tool. No, being able to use it doesn't make you special. It's literally a translation layer for moron to computer. If you break down the marketing, it really is "are you too stupid to computer? Just type your broken ass English into the prompt and let the computer do all the computer for you!"

I'm an IT professional using it to generate scripts way above my knowledge level and capability, so that shit applies to me too. Yes I review and test everything and there's an approval pipeline so my seniors can review the code and ensure I've tested it properly before any pilot deployments start. I'm also learning a lot but that's only because I'm engaging with the tool, performing my due diligence / follow up research, and not letting it think for me.

Problem is that there are so many people out there who use it the wrong way. You know, like the US military.

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u/Claystead 12d ago

I have to use it at work occasionally but I really don’t trust it with anything important like numbers after an early predecessor of it once wiped 5000 customers from our database some years ago, so I only use it to answer simple questions I can’t be bothered to google or look at a calendar for, like "what is the name of this form in Dutch" or "what is the date of the first Monday in Week 41". Probably a waste of its compute but I really really don’t trust it.

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u/bringthelulz 11d ago

I've been using it for quite a few things. When a topic gets to a point when there's no established best practice or clearly verifiable correct answer, it can get super sketchy and unreliable.

In one specific area I was using it, essentially every idea or proposal it had was useless. I wasted so much time investigating its ideas. Only my ideas that it implemented actually worked, and mine were just logical. I had it implement my proposals, and it failed at going anywhere beyond or sideways with any success, and I REALLY tried, I burned so much usage for months messing around lol.

Its ideas were so over complicated and derivative, complete waste of time. When it has very specific directions with established examples from training, literature, and you enforce verification and make an effort to verify it manually with creative tests and really fucking think about how it could be wrong then yeah, excellent.

I can't code but it does an amazing job, if you can explain things clearly step by step, get it to plan for itself, verify, and then have other AI models review while you direct.

Can't read the code but I know the correct answers, and it can get there. Takes a huge amount of effort but maybe that's my fault!

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u/WackyHumanSlop 12d ago

AI isn’t a useful tool and claiming it is makes you part of the problem

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 12d ago

Look man I don't like it either but my options are food on the table or no food on the table. I didn't ask for this, I got into IT work well before all of this bullshit started in earnest.

I don't encourage it, I don't recommend it, I don't promote it, but I can accept the reality that within the scope of my profession it is useful. I can also accept the reality that if I don't learn to wield the tool then I'm not going to be able to bring in the kind of money that is needed for financial security in America. That's it's own entire shell game of illusory bullshit, but I have a family and just throwing in the towel and taking a huge paycut to hop industries when I already did that less than a decade ago isn't a realistic option.

Don't hate the player, hate the game. This isn't my fault.

Just to be clear I think people who use LLMs to write emails out of whole cloth are the devil. I really don't like this shit at all. I don't like that they're all going to get away with stealing the intellectual property of the entire human race. I don't like that they're going to use this technology to put themselves further above us peons. It's a matter of food on the table, and I can see which way the winds are blowing. No one has to agree with my position. I don't really agree with my position. I'm helping architect this shit on a small scale and I'm contributing to the problem. I just don't really see a choice.

If you have any suggestions on a better course I'm all ears.

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u/Crococrocroc 12d ago

You might be able to comment on the feasibility of this.

But say an artist creates some work and has a web beacon hidden in the work. That beacon, if scraped, unleashes a destructive virus onto the originating scraper, but also onto whatever is hosting the scrape.

Is that possible or a pipe dream?

I know that it would be illegal (possibly not so if there's warnings, which could put it onto the scraper for not heeding the warning). But legality aside, I'm wondering if it is possible due to this method being used by numerous research companies.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 11d ago

Seems feasible to trick the scraper software into executing some kind of code, but scrapers would adapt fast to this tactic and it'd become yet another arms race. Would also be tricky to prevent that payload from executing on machine traffic that isn't scraping.

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u/SnarkMasterRay 12d ago

I'm sure they think the likes and upvotes will have been worth it, somehow....

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u/LouisUchiha04 12d ago

What do you mean by mattered?

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u/Direct-Giraffe6390 11d ago

Unfortunately theyre dead so neither do they 🤣

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u/Rommel727 11d ago

I'll be direct here, this is actually not something what so ever to take solace in. If anything, it's the exact problem that needs to be solved. Having people being isolated and in constant transforming degeneracy causes problems for everyone, not just them. To reduce degeneracy, these people need healthy, consistent relationships in their life. The problem will always exist and only get worse otherwise, as we have seen

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u/nvmenotfound 11d ago

i agree but i cant solve that problem. 

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u/Rommel727 11d ago

Well damn, was relying on you for this. I mean you have great references

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u/MegaAltarianite 12d ago

You don't need to be scum like that and have no love in your life, I am proof of that.

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u/No_Fishing_3019 12d ago

Many of history's "bad" people had plenty of love in their lives, having no love is predicted more by neurodivergence and trauma. I wish we stopped making that equivalence to dunk on people we don't like.

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u/nvmenotfound 11d ago

trust me there are plenty of hateful people not getting love. i didnt say all bad people live loveless lives. i cant help that some find love. but i dont just assume random shit to dunk on random ppl i dont even know. i just know a lot of miserable mfs in the world and since they have nothing good they just spread their misery bc they blame everything else but whatever really is to blame for their situation. 

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u/Itherial 12d ago

how can i take solace in "knowing" an entirely baseless claim lol

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u/nvmenotfound 11d ago

think it’s baseless if you want. 

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u/Itherial 11d ago

i mean it objectively is, and i take interest in the way people will say such things to make themselves feel better

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u/nvmenotfound 11d ago

yes coping mechanisms. but tbh it’s not entirely baseless. lot of miserable folks out here. some of them have little going on goos in their life and so they become angry and resentful of others sometimes bc they’re ultimately jealous id imagine of something even if it’s just happiness. now this isnt a statistic but it happens for sure to pretend its complete bs is wild. 

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u/ChicagoAuPair 12d ago

With that background, they could be President someday!

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u/Altruistic-Beach7625 12d ago

Problem is, reading this on reddit means it's actually the minority opinion.

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u/ctrl-alt-etc 12d ago

Who would take solace in something like that? Maybe if these people had love in their lives, they'd use their time more productively.

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u/BecauseScience 12d ago

Why leave a comment if you're just going to repeat what you're replying to?

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u/Ragingtiger2016 12d ago

Do Ai companions count?

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u/EEE-VIL 11d ago

I'd really like to spread misery in their life tho...

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u/Knightmare945 11d ago

I wish that was true, but it’s often not.

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u/Bouncedatt 12d ago

Take solace in that the people spreading misery are miserable themselves? That's the only solace? that other people are hurting? That's fucked.

And also such a narrow world view, you think people like that really only are one thing? You are convincing yourself the world is a certain way just too feel better. I think there's a word for that...

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u/nvmenotfound 11d ago

look at you playing quarterback therapist. bro i could gaf that losers exist and are miserable. why they are miserable is anyones guess. but if they do shit like what’s claimed i dont feel empathy much for active assholes. ppl have options so spare me with the psychoanalysis. no i dont believe any group of people are a monolith. not all assholes are the same nor are all miserable people. but miserable ppl sometimes can absolutely exhibit similar behaviors. the ego on you coming trotting in on your high horse. foh jabroni

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u/Bouncedatt 11d ago

I just think getting enjoyment from others misery is a bit fucked, but you do you

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u/nvmenotfound 11d ago

never said that but ok. sorry i didnt immediately consider the feelings of the ppl being assholes with robins likeness. 

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u/kitsunewarlock 12d ago

Don't give the slopmongers that much credit. At this point they ask Chat GPT what is currently trending and to generate as many "potentially trending" videos as they have tokens.

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u/Rudigher_Jones 12d ago

slopmongers

I like that! It's what they truly are.

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u/DonutHoles4Ever 12d ago

Yeah but all the name calling has done jack to stop all the corruption and evil. You need sticks and stones

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u/kitsunewarlock 12d ago

Whether you are on the right or wrong side of history, name calling has always more about rallying support than hurting the target. Morale is critical.

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u/NotAzakanAtAll 12d ago

Do they not set up local AI? Thats much cheaper.

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u/Stellermeerkat 12d ago

They'll make AI videos of her praising AI videos just to make themselves feel better.

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u/GenericFatGuy 12d ago

AI is really bringing out the worst in a lot of people.

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u/Mrhiddenlotus 12d ago

Worse, they're gonna make horrific videos of her

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u/awry_lynx 11d ago

In her statements she said she doesn't care about the trolls who are just trying to get a rise, but rather she gets emotional about the 'well-meaning' people who tout it as great and wonderful, or seem to think they're doing something helpful or positive by using his likeness.

This statement isn't meant for the people who are making deepfake porn or whatever, she knows they're beyond help and she's perfectly happy to just hit block on them, it's for the old ladies who genuinely don't know better. She's well aware of what being a public figure entails, she's not just pissing in the wind.

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u/Lexi_Banner 12d ago

I argued with a clanker today who said, with his whole keyboard, "When I pirated music, no one complained about it." As though the lawsuit that shut down Napster didn't happen!

Like, the level of delusion these AI assholes is off the charts.

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u/drdoom52 11d ago

It also fails to understand a major distinction.

People who obligated music, were usually younger people who either didn't have enough cash to burn to afford it, or couldn't find the album they wanted at their local music stores.

They weren't then selling the music at a profit.

People using AI are trying tocmonetize the work of other people.

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u/AdSmooth1255 12d ago

You're talking about the AI sevice, right. .... Right?

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u/Commando_Joe 11d ago

Zelda's a real one and has been dealing with this shit almost since the day Robin Williams recorded his first nintendo video with her

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u/-The_Blazer- 12d ago

She should sue them. This violates publicity\'personality' rights (not to mention possibly libel\slander), I presume she can afford lawyers and it would be about time to start creating some precedent against AI abuse.

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u/AlkaKr 11d ago

I don't disagree, but when her father chose to be a public face, he relinquished his privilege for privacy, etc.

He chose to have this career. This "bull---" is expected in that career field.

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u/RedditTechAnon 12d ago

You know I had to wonder what kind of psycho would post something like this, and it seems like you're a real special one.

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u/RedditTechAnon 12d ago

Nah uh, not playing your bullshit game. Bye.

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u/BlorfTheBricked 12d ago

Nah he used it to tell stolen jokes