AI streamer Watchmeforever was recently banned from Twitch after the AI Seinfeld clone show violated the TOS by making a joke which appeared to denigrate transgender and homosexual people.
While Watchmeforever is not the first streamer on Twitch to be controlled by artificial intelligence, the way it mimics the classic sitcom Seinfeld by generating graphics that imitate elements from the show was a novelty that attracted thousands.
This article will go over why the channel was banned and how the AI based on scripts from ChatGPT made an offensive joke despite having filters that are supposed to weed out inappropriate words.
Those who keep up with the news in the streaming world will remember that Neuro-sama was banned from Twitch earlier this year for similar reasons. The creation of Vedal987 had become quite a hot topic last year after becoming the first AI VTuber on the platform that could interact with the audience as well as play games.
However, last month VTuber got in trouble after making a joke deemed quite anti-Semitic as the premise was holocaust denial. Twitch's ban was swift but temporary, and the creator promised to come back with a more polished algorithm to keep offensive words out.
AI Seinfeld's joke was two-part, and the first one was deemed anti-trans by many on the internet. Watchmeforever's artificial intelligence splits content into scenes from the apartment interspersed with comedic routines to simulate the show. In one such stand-up, the character appears to dehumanize transgender people by likening their existence to a mental illness:
The next part of the joke makes fun of "liberals" by calling them secret homosexuals and ends with the AI repeating another anti-trans point:
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