Stella Parton asked fans to show more compassion and stop posting fake AI material after her sister Dolly Parton’s death.
AI tributes appear online
AI-generated songs, images and videos appeared online after Dolly Parton’s death.
Dozens of AI-generated songs, images and videos have appeared online since Dolly Parton’s death. A YouTube tribute video had more than 1.5 million views.
A tribute labelled as AI
A YouTube video presented as a fan-made tribute by Miley Cyrus to her godmother Dolly Parton was sung in the style of the Wrecking Ball singer.
The YouTube tribute video was labelled as AI and included a disclaimer saying it was not an official release by Miley Cyrus or Dolly Parton’s representatives.
Calls to stop fake AI videos
Zelda Williams asked fans to stop sending fake AI-generated videos of her father.
Bernice A King shared Zelda Williams’ plea and asked fans to stop in an Instagram post, writing: “please stop”.
Dolly Parton’s earlier comments on AI
Dolly Parton spoke to The Hollywood Reporter in 2023 about AI.
Dolly Parton said in 2023 that AI replacing humans “scares me”.
Dolly Parton said AI could be great when used in the right way and that she thought it would be great for many things, including science and medicine.
Dolly Parton said she did not want AI to replace voices, writings or a human being.
Source: BBC News
