"That's overkill": Asmongold gives his honest opinion on AI streamer Neuro-sama's Twitch ban

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Taking to his secondary Zackrawrr channel, Asmongold gave his opinion about the recent ban of AI streamer Neuro-sama. While it has been established that the temporary suspension was for hateful conduct on the AI's part, what exactly set Twitch to strike down the channel has not yet been revealed.

That said, there are plenty of controversial and offensive things that have been said by Neuro-sama, the latest of which can be interpreted as denying the Holocaust.

However, Asmongold did not feel that an artificially made streamer, whose actions are governed by an ever-evolving algorithm, should be subjected to a two-week-long ban sentence. He stated:

For those unaware, Twitch streamer and full stack developer vedal987 recently released an improved version of one of their previous projects, which is basically a completely autonomous AI that can play games such as Osu! and Minecraft. On top of that, it can interact with chat while offering content on the channel.

Its controversial comments seem to be the only plausible reason for the ban, and some of them, including the Holocaust denial, have been showcased in the video above.

When one of the viewers asked Zack "Asmongold" if he knew about the AI streamer being banned from Twitch, Zack made it clear that he was familiar with the case. When someone else asked why Neuro-sama was banned, the streamer answered:

He further elaborated on how he thinks the controversy could have been avoided:

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Asmongold went further into his thought process about what he clearly thought was an unfair ban, defending the owner of the channel:

When one viewer asked why all artificial intelligence become racist in the end, the streamer had quite an interesting answer:

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