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AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

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Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

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Took longer than I expected for it to become transphoic/homophobic/racist. Given history of AI being left to its own devices.

You should watch that clip. I'm curious what your thoughts are on it. I don't think it's being any of those things but it's making a joke about someone being those things and not getting laughs.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

#182

Uncharacteristically off-topic comment from me, I guess, but when do humans get to a point where we no longer have to appeal to the lowest common denominator? How are our relationships supposed to improve if we dub anything that makes us uncomfortable as "taboo" and steer clear of it? I get that on the Internet there is a lot of anonymity (though less than there used to be) that folks tend to abuse, but at the same t…

Agreed, as a society we need to increase our resilience to opinions we may find uncomfortable.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

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The topic is taboo. I cannot be freely discussed on these platforms regardless of the position taken.

The topic isn't taboo, but making fun of people is. Be nice to other people and suddenly you don't get canceled or whatever you're afraid will happen.

The entire point is that basic discussions are twisted into being attacks on people because they are too sensitive.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

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The topic is taboo. I cannot be freely discussed on these platforms regardless of the position taken.

I regularly see clips of very popular Twitch streamers being openly sexist, racist, and abusive. I'm curious why a single mention of a taboo topic on an AI-generated channel warranted such a severe response.

It's an open secret that very popular Twitch streamers get at best a slap on the wrist for things that get other people permabanned.

Few platforms have impartial moderation, but Twitch is very blatant about it.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

#186

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The topic is taboo. I cannot be freely discussed on these platforms regardless of the position taken.

Which probably isn't a good strategy to handle taboo topics long-term.

It's the naive approach. The same approach that gets Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer banned even though they were very egalitarian for the time.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

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the ban is not to teach, the ban is to remove unwanted content from their platform. If you want to teach, go into teaching, not livestreaming.

If that were true then all ToS violations would result in permanent bans, but that’s not what Twitch or other major platforms do.

thats just a system of escalating punishment, not teaching. First case permanent bans would injure the platform and leave room for competitors. Doing it in an escalating manner removes the people they want to remove and makes competition against them less viable.

If every strike on youtube was a permanent ban there would be many more creators on alternate platforms like rumble. They're not there to teach you, just to incentivize you to follow their rules or go somewhere else. Thus the complex system of strikes, demonetization, temporary live-streaming bans, etc.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

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I hope this ban gets reverted because this AI show was legitimately entertaining. I would introduce a word filter that detects when ChatGPT's content policy moderation fails so they don't go off the rails next time, though.

Entertaining in the sense that it’s novel.

But people are laughing at it, not with it. It’s substance and style is really poor.

Re: AI Generated Seinfeld banned on Twitch for transphobic jokes

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A while ago. Going against the party line of the week -- you are liable to get cancelled. See: Dave Chapelle being called a white supremacist nazi transphobe for his set.

Getting cancelled means you win a Grammy. Getting cancelled means you sell out Madison Square Garden. Getting cancelled is being called names. Boohoo.

Being successful despite people calling you some vile shit because of who you are and what you believe absolves the people calling you vile shit from any responsibility. Yes, indeed.
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