Comics accuse AI fakers of stealing their jokes verbatim to push OnlyFans pages

Stand-up comics are calling out accounts featuring sexy "female comics" for stealing their jokes, while Instagram vows to investigate.

AI is coming for your pranks - and it's equipped with two D's.

Two comics have released videos in the past few weeks showing sexy AI "comedians" driving views on social media by doing their routine.

First was comic and content creator George Brett Olson, who accused an AI account with 300,000 followers of allegedly deleting his joke verbatim. The fake comic was a very realistic looking female character who even had the same venue background and wore clothes similar to her own. Avatar also has an OnlyFans page, he noted.

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"The AI stole the joke and my dress," Olson said. "You might say, 'I've heard comedians talk about this before,' but this is new — very new."

In addition to the surreal nature of the incident, Olson's joke was about the threat of artificial intelligence to businesses and how billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Instagram's parent company, are complicit. "It's the most ironic thing that's ever happened to me," Olson said.

A few days ago, stand-up comic Julia Jasonas (Unleashed Comics) took to Instagram to show off an example of an AI account with 250,000 followers. The spoof comic even omitted what Jasonas said to an audience member.

"Another AI bot stole my joke," Posjasonas said. "I've seen a few other videos of other comedians posting the exact same problem, and what's most disturbing is that these AI bots are going around and people think they're real people."

The AI version was apparently made to look like a stand-up comic version of Lara Croft. "Who does comedy in the Daisy Duke shorts?" Jasonas teased.

UK comedy news site Chortle found several other examples of stolen jokes on the same account that killed Jasons - including content from Char Ramtin, Olivia Carter and Hannah Brenner. It's incredibly sad that someone is using women who use AI to make stolen jokes and profit from views and engagement, then drive people to an OnlyFans account to make more money, all for a woman who doesn't even exist!” Jasonas told the site. No wonder there is an epidemic of male loneliness. (None of the AI Instagram accounts cited by the comics responded to requests for comment.)

Olson and Jasonas said they received no support from Meta regarding the issue, and Olson criticized the platform for not doing more to protect original content. "The stupidest thing is there's no terms of service violation here," he said. "We're watching [social media leaders] say, 'Hey, we're building something that's going to destroy everything,' and then watching them protect nobody [and] not what makes us human—songs, laughter... Maybe [meta]we should know that the reason we love the Internet is because we love each other... And now you're going to exponentially fill the Internet with things that aren't us."

In response to questions from The Hollywood Reporter, Instagram CEO Adam Mussery said in a statement: "I don't think it's practical for us to want to ban AI content from the platform. It's getting harder and harder to spot, and it's not all bad content (although yes, there's a lot of sloppiness). But we're invested in trying to drive more traffic to original content creators, and if an AI creator removes content in bulk, it's good to see what we can do about it. "I'm not sure what it will be, but I'll make sure I talk to the team and look into it." A Meta spokesperson added that the problem also occurred on other platforms (such as YouTube and TikTok).

Meanwhile, Jasonas urged those watching his video to support comics by watching live shows instead of looking for clips.

"Comedians are posting their stand-up clips online to encourage you to come out and see live comedy," Jasonas added. “Live comedy is for the real experience, and if you're watching these videos and you don't realize that these are computers repeating our jokes that we've made on stage over time and made into a bittersweet form. "Then you should go out and walk and watch a live show."