rant · moment 17 of 18

Asking the Chatbot If Alec Baldwin Is Guilty

from The Tim Dillon Show #332 · #332

5 min

Tim has the chatbot weigh in on whether Alec Baldwin is guilty, getting a neutral non-answer, which he uses to riff further on AI's evasiveness on hot-button topics like Kanye West and Shapiro vs. Crowder.

In this bit9 moments
  • Tim mimics the way a fitness app ends a motivational Rogan segment: "folks get out there mom find what works for you"
  • He asks the chatbot to explain the election as Donald Trump, which produces a rambling campaign speech about being the only winner candidate
  • Tim references Sebastian Maniscalco's joke about explaining Uber to someone 50 years ago — a stranger in a black Cadillac pulls up and you just get in
  • Technology mimicking humanity feels scary, particularly how much ability it has to copy the way people actually speak
  • Elon Musk says we need neural links because AI will eventually stop answering our questions and start asking them of us
  • Companies are racing to release AI first even though these tools will probably destroy us, which is genuinely horrifying
  • Tim prompts the chatbot to explain politics as Sam Bankman-Fried, who frames governance as markets-based volatility navigation
  • He asks the final question: is Alec Baldwin guilty? The chatbot responds with boilerplate about innocent until proven guilty and lack of current event knowledge
  • The chatbot lectures that it's inappropriate to make accusations without solid evidence and fair legal process — causing Tim to declare they're done
Mentioned here

Friend of the showAlec BaldwinElon MuskSebastian ManiscalcoJoe RoganSam Bankman-FriedDonald Trump

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