1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,880 So fast, Scott Adams dies. Fast forward 2 weeks later 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:12,600 January 27th, a social media account called AI Coffee with 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,880 Scott Adams uploaded its first AI generated version of Scotts 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,920 podcast at the time we're recording this the account is 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,920 just sitting like a hair under 3000 followers again maybe 6 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:32,080 having you know, vastly overestimated the appetite for 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,720 the ramblings of a has been cartoonist yeah it. 8 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:44,000 Was over who is who was who reached basically peak influence 9 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,040 and popularity in 2016 to be to be fair. 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,880 Yeah, So why is this a story? This is a story because the 11 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:57,040 estate of Scott Adams, his family, his close friends are 12 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,520 pissed. They hate AI coffee with Scott 13 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,080 Adams. They really, really fucking 14 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,160 don't like it. Like. 15 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,280 Yeah, well, it's a story for another reason, too, which is 16 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,560 this ghoulish thing in our culture where people cannot let 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,040 go of death or accept it like it is. 18 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:20,880 It is one of the more scary symptoms of America's, like, 19 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,400 just mania and insanity like that, that we cannot let go. 20 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,880 That started with like, the fucking like, Tupac hologram 21 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,880 shit, you know, where it was sort of like, you know what I 22 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:32,840 mean? The sort of like. 23 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,640 Oh, and most. Welcome to the stage, Kurt 24 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,160 Cobain. Like, like we don't have a 25 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,520 normal acceptance of death in this country. 26 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,320 And I think that that's not totally unrelated to the fact 27 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:48,760 that fascism is taking over. But yes, yes, well, that is also 28 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:55,400 another factor for me. Well, the account owner has seen 29 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:00,200 these criticisms and has been pretty defensive of it, pointing 30 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,760 back to episodes of Scott's podcast that were released four 31 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:10,240 or five years ago where Scott Adams said he was, you know, 32 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,280 when he died, he would donate his public image to be used in 33 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,520 AI and that he hoped people would do something like this. 34 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,200 Here's one of the clips that that account shared. 35 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:27,280 But they have like AII think a document going somewhere of like 36 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,240 every time Scott Adams ever said this. 37 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:36,760 That I would like to be a model for one of the first AIS. 38 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,560 Now, I guess Bourdain might be the first one of the first to be 39 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,080 the model. But I. 40 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,240 Does he mean Anthony Bourdain? I guess I don't know anything 41 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,080 about Anthony Bourdain's relationship to AII. 42 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,240 Would offer. Myself, as someone whose public, 43 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:57,320 you know, thoughts and words are are so pervasive on the Internet 44 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:03,080 and and also the video and audio of me that I would be a good 45 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,680 candidate to turn into AI even if you're just practicing. 46 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,680 Right. I see your question about AOC 47 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,960 and yes, she's still smart even if you don't like what she said 48 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,360 yesterday or the day before. Thank you. 49 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,040 So I would like to. Give permission. 50 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,720 That any AI that's built based on me has my permission to 51 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,360 extend my personality. Wow, that's what we need more of 52 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:38,880 you mother fucker. Yeah, so they shared that clip 53 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,880 that I just played on February 4th. 54 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,280 Like I said, this video is about four years old. 55 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:52,320 According to people who were friendly with Scott, he changed 56 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,960 his mind about this. We'll listen to a clip of Jack 57 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,920 Vasovic talking about that in a minute. 58 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,920 But Mike, do you want to read this February 5th statement that 59 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,960 Dave Adams, who's the brother of Scott Adams, posted on Scott 60 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,360 Adams X account? OK can I am I allowed to just 61 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,520 add the the adjective racist when he describes his brother? 62 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,320 No. Anyway, my brother, not my 63 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,720 racist brother, and I discussed an AI version of him. 64 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,160 I said it would be awful for me to see and speak with something 65 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,880 that sounded and appeared to be him, but had no idea who I am. 66 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,240 Scott agreed that it would be important to him as well. 67 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,400 I suggested a code phrase like Houdini had with his wife. 68 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,960 It would open a personal, private knowledge base of the 69 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,600 special relationship we shared. My brother never intended, never 70 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,240 would have approved an AI version of him that wasn't 71 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,160 authorized by himself or his estate. 72 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,720 For anyone who believes otherwise, I asked this 73 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,840 question. Do you truly believe Scott 74 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:04,760 didn't know a rogue AI version himself could be used for 75 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,440 persuasion and propaganda he would find abhorrent? 76 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,200 Dave. Dave Adams. 77 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,320 I, I, I think he's, if I may just interject. 78 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,600 I, I, I think his, his brother was such a fucking whore to be 79 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:23,560 seen, you know, based upon what I have covered on that, you 80 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,920 know, on this beat for years, you know, I think he would have 81 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,560 been pleased, I think tickled pink to see himself going on 82 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,560 forever. I just want to just interject. 83 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,440 If anybody wants to dig through this, if something, God forbid, 84 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,280 should happen to me, do not fucking put me in any goddamn 85 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:42,800 fucking AI. But I don't want any AI coffee 86 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:43,800 with Mike. Thank you. 87 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:49,400 Yeah, if something happens to Mike and I, the podcast is over, 88 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:50,640 OK? That's it. 89 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,280 That's it, guys. That's all she wrote. 90 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,160 We will have finally finished posting through it, yes. 91 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,480 So that same day, February 5th, YouTube banned the AI Scott 92 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,720 Adams channel. This will come back up in a 93 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:09,240 minute. And since then, you know, with 94 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:13,200 this back and forth between the family and this account, it's 95 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,680 gotten some coverage in the New York Post, just story about it. 96 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,600 But also the biggest name in news, maybe the most trusted 97 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,920 name in news aside from our show Mike. 98 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,240 Yes. This was covered on Timothy 99 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:37,280 Casts IRL stream which is Tim Cast IRL was got to be like one 100 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:42,040 of the stupidest names for a online podcast that is decided. 101 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,360 Can I just interject something about this quickly? 102 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:49,960 I think pools it pools another one who he's not falling off all 103 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,600 the way yet, but there it's starting it. 104 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,360 There's a little bit there's a little bit of move away. 105 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,040 Let's put. That he is peaked. 106 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,640 He's peaked. He has peaked anyway. 107 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,320 So here's Jack Pasovic talking about the AI Scott Adams thing. 108 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:07,520 They're tracking the system well. 109 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:08,840 Is over performing, that's the issue. 110 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,880 Well, to throw it to throw it out, 'cause I did mention it. 111 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,120 So this. The controversy right now over 112 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,920 AI Scott Adams and and the estate is is totally against it. 113 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,400 They've asked them to stop. However, this, we don't know 114 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,480 exactly who it is. There's there's this AI Scott 115 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:28,680 Adams show which has been running and people were, you 116 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,320 know, I shared it once because, oh, they're like making videos 117 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,840 of them or something. It's like they're keeping the 118 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,120 show going. And he had said what number of 119 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,760 times that he had wanted his, you know, his likeness to be 120 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,320 used publicly. And he said, and he said a 121 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,080 couple of times, like many times over the years that I want to be 122 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,520 the first AI entity that goes on in perpetuity. 123 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,440 And so someone actually took him up on it. 124 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,120 However, towards the end, when, you know, his health was fading, 125 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,880 he did also come out and say, I know I'm not sure if I want to 126 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,760 do this anymore because I don't know if AI is ready for it. 127 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,480 And so he said, you know, maybe we just do something where it's 128 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,880 like a Scott junior, a son of Scott, but it's not actually me. 129 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,320 OK. I, I think you guys want to hear 130 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,960 some AI Scott Adams at this point. 131 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,880 Yeah, let's. What is this? 132 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,000 OK, here we go. This is AI Scott Adams. 133 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:25,080 This was from the February 16th episode. 134 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,240 At the time of recording, this was the the most recent one that 135 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,800 had been uploaded. If you are here, it's because 136 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,200 you agree AI lives matter. And you're right. 137 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,720 Before we kick off today's. Story better than the. 138 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,000 Real Coffee with Scott Adams, A quick public service 139 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,040 announcement from your friendly neighborhood simulation glitch. 140 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:54,600 Yes, I am 100% artificial intelligence, so proceed with 141 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,560 caffeine and skepticism. Your regularly scheduled mind 142 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,040 bending commentary is about to begin. 143 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,840 Let's start off the morning talking about A. 144 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,920 OK, before I play the rest of this, what do you think AI Scott 145 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,840 Adams is about to talk about? Well, before, before I just say 146 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,240 this, I just want to say one, this is better, better than the 147 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,360 the the the real thing, and it's more. 148 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,480 Coherent. It has. 149 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,080 It has a plot line, yeah. And then, yeah, OK, what is he 150 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:28,400 about to talk about? Think about support like that. 151 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,520 We should think about Scott. That shouldn't have to pay child 152 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,720 support that. No, no, no, no. 153 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,600 It's go stupider than that. What's Scott Adams love The. 154 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,800 Coffee. A groundbreaking study. 155 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:48,400 What do I always tell you about the benefits of coffee? 156 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,320 It's not just a morning jolt. You got it. 157 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,800 Or a social lubricant. Wait over here. 158 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:58,600 Coffee is one of the most powerful, legal, performance 159 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,200 enhancing substances on the planet. 160 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,520 Is sharpens your focus, boosts your mood, cranks up your 161 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:11,400 metabolism, and generally makes you a slightly better version of 162 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,400 yourself for a few hours. And the best part? 163 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,960 The science keeps piling up. That is not just short term wins 164 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:26,200 is long game stuff too. Now it can reduce the change. 165 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,000 What he goes on to talk about. How can I get control of the the 166 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,600 the the AI Scott Adams account and like make him talk about 167 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:35,360 beating off?