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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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[-] fargeol@lemmy.world 219 points 1 month ago
[-] Klear@piefed.world 24 points 1 month ago
[-] Murse@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

This is hurting my eye.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

He's greater than a lot of things. Stand up human being.

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[-] themoken@startrek.website 132 points 1 month ago

Weird Al is a national treasure, an institution. I'd bet it's his sort of music, parody, that AI threatens most simply because it's riffing on songs that already exist.

On the other hand, the only reason I'd worry that a gen-AI could attempt a masterpiece like "Alternative Polka" is that Weird Al created it first.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

Weird Al does a lot more than just parody. He has a lot of original music as well. My wife and I saw him do an “unplugged” concert a couple years ago that was only original music and not a single parody.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

The Ridiculously Self Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour? I wanted to see that show but couldn't make it happen.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that sounds right. I’d honestly forgotten how many original songs he’s written. I just realized there’s a comprehensive list here.

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[-] wolfeh 85 points 1 month ago

In case the size of Weird Al's balls was in question, here's his response to a fan when the people who have the rights to his movie didn't release it right away in Australia.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago

"dooont download this soooong"

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it's like actors appearing in gambling ads. I immediately lose respect and am disinterested in any new features they are in, as I just can't separate them from such a despicable role

[-] jabeez@lemmy.today 17 points 1 month ago

Yep, same for me lately, seeing actors shilling bullshit is just like......why? Their millions just isn't enough, need mmoooooorrrre.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I've been seeing a lot of Beckham.

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[-] DevDave@piefed.social 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yankovic is well into the "I don't fucking give a fuck" stage of life and could easily have just said "Fuck yeah" like a certain pot smoking rapper performing at a controversial political event or the comedians that are OK with blood money.

I am happy people like him exist.

edit: typo/spaling fix

[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

He's been in that stage since before Another One Rides The Bus... so like, always.

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[-] deacon@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

LIVING LEGEND + NATIONAL TREASURE = WEIRD AL

[-] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

I am extremely wary of putting people on pedestals, especially people who I don't even know personally. I will say though, the shit Weird Al keeps doing has me saying 'well good for you, hell yeah' pretty much always.

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Yeah there are a few famous people in this world that actually seem to be in that camp. Keanu Reeves, Terry Crews, Weird Al, Steve Wozniak, Bernie Sanders......those are just a few of the rare ones I like.

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 month ago
[-] nocturne@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

Nichelle Nichols

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[-] JPAKx4 39 points 1 month ago

Saw his concert very recently, he's the goat, very fun

[-] wolfeh 38 points 1 month ago

He also turned down a $5 million offer to do a beer commercial in the 1980s because he didn't want to promote alcohol to his fans. This guy is a legend.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 month ago

~~Weird Al~~

Proper Alphonse

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 34 points 1 month ago

I can't tell the difference between Al and AI

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

Al stands for Absolute Legend.

[-] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The easiest way to tell AI from Al is to remember that AI is Al and Al sounds like AI

[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

The first one uses U+006C l LATIN SMALL LETTER L and the second one utilizes U+0049 I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I

If we compare them side by side (U+006C is placed before U+0049):

lI

It's obvious that U+006C is taIler than U+0049.

To tell the difference between Al and AI, just look at the height of the second letter.

If the second letter is taller, OP wanted to write Al as in Weird Al Yankovic. If the second letter is the same height as the first, the user wrote AI as in Artificial Intelligence. If the second letter is shorter than the first, OP is either using a Turkic keyboard or being an idiot.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk

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[-] Murse@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 month ago

Weird Al doesn't want to become Shitty AI.

[-] rangber@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 month ago

Don't do it Al. Don't make me love you more.

[-] Smaile@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] white_nrdy@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 26 points 1 month ago

I always admired Weird Al and now I admire him even more.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 24 points 1 month ago
[-] AshMan85@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago
[-] Rothe@piefed.social 18 points 1 month ago

Good for him, but it really is a shame that this mindset is rare enough to warrant a news article.

[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 16 points 1 month ago

Man, the name was already there, Weird A.I Yankovic

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[-] osanna@lemmy.vg 15 points 1 month ago
[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Not to be confused with good guy AI

[-] InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

We love you Weird Al

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Based department.jpeg

[-] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 5 points 1 month ago

Desperation to make money by any means necessary is tasty as fuck.

AI will kill the biggest idiots that invested in it and i'm all for it, financially i mean.

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