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When a podcast released an hour-long AI-generated "George Carlin” special, Carlin’s estate fought it, and the special came down. The matter raises questions the law is only beginning to answer, and comedy turns out to be a perfect place to ask them.
Can an AI legally train on a comedian’s life’s work? Who owns a joke a machine helps write? Can a machine imitate a late comic’s voice without permission? And would we, as an audience, laugh at an algorithm the way we laugh at a person telling the truth about being human?
Join Cornell Law professor Howard Leib to discuss these issues and more. In addition to four decades as an entertainment lawyer, Howard has worked the New York standup audition circuit. produced comedy records and comedy radio shows, represented comedians and comedy clubs, and served as an expert litigation witness for the estates of some of the greatest comedians of all time. He’ll explore the legal, industry, and cultural questions AI raises as it reshapes how we create and consume entertainment.
This Keynote will be of interest to business and industry professionals, graduate students, comedy fans, and anyone curious about where entertainment, technology, and law collide.
