AI is once again at the center of controversy after the popular AI-generated Seinfeld show, Nothing, Forever, was banned on Twitch thanks to a bit involving a transphobic joke.
“I’m thinking about doing a bit about how being transgender is actually a mental illness,” the AI said before getting banned from the streaming platform on Feb. 6.
Kotaku reached out to the co-creator of Nothing, Forever, Skyler Hartle, and he said he was embarrassed about the joke and thought the company had solved the problem with a content moderation system. It, however, clearly wasn’t enough and the company is currently looking into adding a second layer of content moderation.
Hartle added that the AI’s remarks don’t reflect the company’s values or opinions and that it’s simply a technical issue it’s trying to fix.
Nothing, Forever is a sit-com AI developed by Mismatch Media and uses machine learning technologies such as OpenAI and DALL-E to power its routine.
For now, it remains to be seen when the show will return to Twitch.
