Amy Poehler Rants Against Robots and Artificial Intelligence

Amy Poehler talks about her show The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and explains why she doesn't trust artificial intelligence like ChatGPT.
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[@launchpadmcquack8142]

I could watch these two all day. Seth is hands down the best interviewer in late night because he knows how to put people at ease while still plugging their stuff. It never feels forced or awkward. He's a frigging maestro (but NOT a magician....)

[@amorphuc]

LOL, or a robot! 🙂

[@jma331982]

Absolutely true, he actually lets his guests talk and plays off of them instead of making it his own performance

[@lauracorda8423]

I really hope that Amy will do a long long intervew, maybe on a podcast spilling some tea on her life

[@deangeloproductions8876]

I agree. Her book is AMAZING !

[@littledipper9430]

They're both aging like the absolute finest wine. Both in looks and personality.

[@MarcillaSmith]

Yes, but way off on the predictions about Gen X and robots. I can say no more.

[@rd6203]

Not X. GenZ, they said.

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@rd6203 They said Gen X would be the last generation to not date robots, which I assume they only said because they're both married and this was a public forum.

[@rd6203]

@@MarcillaSmith Oops! I was very sleepy and misunderstood your comment.

[@pamr4040]

The first time I recall Amy was as Conan's sidekick, Andy's, sister...complete with "braces"...love her even more now! ❤

[@Robotron2084psn]

Stacey Richter...pretty sure there is a compilation video

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

​@@Robotron2084psn Thanks, y'all. I hadn't seen those since they first aired, and never made the connection that it was her. Also, what an appropriate username for watching a video about robots exterminating humankind. 🤖

[@mercygrrl]

Swedish Death Cleaning: I'm having a flashback to S1 of Parks&Rec where Leslie Knope brings Ann over to her home to prepare it for her dinner party and the reveal is that it's hoarder-ish and Leslie can't throw anything away

[@raelprojectonlinegraphicno3618]

He almost convinced her until he said..."you have to feed it." Her views on A.I. are hilarious and actually on point.

[@NewMessage]

"I'm not a robot." That's just what a.... * narrows eyes *

[@jeffdawson2786]

This era of quirky, gentle, observational humor is lovely and really needed nowadays. Cruelty is quite outdated, but occasionally necessary in humor.

[@snowstrobe]

Last words: 'Clear my history'...

[@NewMessage]

I'm gonna get that tattooed on my eyelids.

[@melissagreenhill3456]

They need a show together, I could watch them riff off each other forever 😂

[@jayneross6123]

I was thinking that it would be great for Seth to go day drinking with Amy, then I realised he probably has already, possibly more than once. It just wasn't filmed for us to see.

[@MonaMileti]

A friend of mine asked Seth during a taping if he would ever do day drinking with her and he legit said "Yes! I would love to. I mean we have there just weren't any cameras around."

[@sheltonalexander6785]

Amy and Seth seem like close summer camp friends you knew would never hook-up in 7th grade.

[@sammygirl6910]

Or they tried, but it was super awkward.

[@eatingketchupchips9567]

@@sammygirl6910 Both have been partnered to others the majority of their friendship, but Seth did write an excerpt for her book, and said he practically idolized Amy by the time they worked together on SNL because he used to go watch her do improv at UCB

[@christopherbedford9897]

Seth loves interviewing _all_ his SNL ex-colleagues, it gives him an opportunity to stretch his improv skills every time.

[@VianneyCreates]

I love when these two get together!!

[@HeyMJ.]

@LateNightSeth Glad to catch Amy Poehler’s interview & conversation w/Seth! Looking forward to her Restless Legs tour and new Swedish Death Cleaning show. Hope to see her back on Late Night again soon!

[@andiwaters1888]

Glad you’re standing with the writers. They don’t get enough credit for the things other people ruin

[@snoski]

It's pretty weird they're talking about Late Night's "last week" and this is one of the last shows that happened before the writers strike 😳

[@DarthChewie]

In honor of Leslie Knope, Amy should be given a waffle to enjoy during every interview!

[@ShannonJacobs0]

Watch the google censor this comment triggered by the more intrusive ads! GIGO KZbin has become the primary vector of civilization's destruction. Congrats to the advertisers!

[@LeezPgh]

I couldn’t be more excited for this show. I want like 10 more like it. And more Amy doing all the things in all the ways.

[@zbeebs]

"I have to feed it? So it's like a human man?"... "Also...you got to remember to plug it in." Again, just like a human man.

[@zbeebs]

In 20 years all us Gen-Xers will be, "Those androids are just waiting to kill us all", and our grandkids will be, "Jesus, grandpa, stop being so robotophobic!"

[@namanjotsinghns]

you got this joke from Chat GPT?

[@petecoogan]

Amy needs to make that show with her and Seth as the parents

[@jamesyates1432]

If I could have dinner with 3 people, Amy would be one of them.

[@jimfleming3975]

Her burnout with Will Arnette has been rechannelled into rage towards magicians.

[@Moekoffee2001]

Some people think A.I. can be a HAL of a good time

[@morbidmanmusic]

You only get to use that one more time... just saying.

[@cokesquirrel]

Please show yourself out after that

[@justsaying14]

​@@morbidmanmusic What?!

[@justsaying14]

It's gonna be 9000 times better than you think 🤖

[@hglbrg]

Swede here. Never realized A) This had a name B) It was "Swedish" and C) Not everyone does this...?

[@Serenity7907]

Swede here too, never heard of it. You could hear that lady was Swedish though by her accent😅

[@gerbmcnuggets5466]

Every bachelor needs a Swedish Deathcleaner to go through their collection of “ironic T-Shirts”

[@iansanford6544]

i feel attacked

[@dogtato]

Welcome to Sweden was a nice show

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

I thought it was funny!

[@British_Rogue]

Death cleaning? Sounds like Marie Kondo's _"Does it spark joy?"_

[@ronnieking3848]

Not really. Instead of leaving everything as is, you ask your family what they actually want or may keep and you get rid of the rest so they don't have to deal with unwanted clutter after you die.

[@NewMessage]

From the title, I thought it was gonna be a Office-esque show about crime scene cleanup.

[@likebot.]

"I hear you paint houses" "No, I clean desks" "Like I said..."

[@Leblribrbrrq]

She really didn't explain the concept of the show much.

[@ingerellingsen6785]

Or the swedish police from B99

[@jaydock1]

@@Leblribrbrrq it seems like a marie kondo kind of knockoff

[@khymaaren]

By the 3 minute mark, I don't think anyone in the room remembered the show she was there to plug...

[@Hadenufyet]

I’d date a robot, if it learned about me. Hell yeah!! I’ve yet to meet a man who wanted to, was *able* to, could remember, didn’t want to be fed, didn’t need to be told to clean up after themselves, etc.

[@artkincell]

Amy's goodbye seems like it was written for April Ludgate.

[@Vince_F]

4:41 “The view keeps getting better the closer we get to the EDGE OF THE CLIFF.” - Eliezer Yudkowsky

[@wjcroft72]

Brilliant comedy improv duo. Have watched several times.

[@doctucson9254]

i heart Leslie Knope, and Amy, she's a gem

[@mizzchuz.6413]

Amy, your interview put such a smile on my face. What a delight! Such a pretty woman too.❤

[@Leblribrbrrq]

I mean, the guest list for the anniversary show must include Amy and Joe, right?

[@mallow610]

I love them together

[@ChrisMartindale-z1m]

I love Amy in this she seams so healthy in her interests

[@michaelenosmusic]

I love Amy. So hard. ❤ Anyone else notice just how great she looks??

[@soundpilatesandyoga8531]

Yeah. But she had work done. I still love her more than anything. Just disappointed. Didn't think she was the type.

[@mrav8r]

…and I’m LOVING those red pumps!

[@lunardarkness666]

How funny would it have been if Seth pulled a coin from behind Amy's ear at the end of the segment!

[@georgeshelton6281]

I also got this confession to make to Seth Meyers. I treated/considered the former New York governor Bill DeBlasio as my bodyguard. Since I passed off Bill DeBlasio as Arnold Schwarzenegger's enemy/adversary. I passed off the horror story novelist Stephen King as my prime minister. I even passed off Stephen King as Arnold Schwarzenegger's solemnly sworn enemy. Did you notice that Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn't do what Stephen King and Bill DeBlasio would do? I fantasized about when Steven King first met the former New York governor, Bill DeBlasio, for the first time.

[@sfali789]

_Re: AI not being able to write a joke_ ChatGPT Plus *Model* GPT-4 *Prompt* You are ComedianGPT. Write a joke about Gen X. *Output* How can you tell a Gen Xer is in charge of the office playlist? When every song is a '90s one-hit-wonder. *Prompt* Write a joke in the voice of comedian Amy Poehler. *Output* As an AI language model, I am not Amy Poehler, but I can attempt to write a joke in her style: You know what I love about technology? It's brought us so many ways to ignore each other! Like, back in the day, you had to pretend to read a book or something to avoid eye contact. Now, we have smartphones, tablets, smartwatches... You can be in a room full of people and nobody's looking up! It's like we've all become professional spies, just trying to maintain our cover. "Oh, I'm not avoiding you, I'm just... uh... checking my email. For the 17th time in the last five minutes." *Prompt* Write a joke in the voice of comedian Seth Meyers. *Output* As an AI language model, I am not Seth Meyers, but I can attempt to write a joke in his style: You know, I just read that scientists are teaching AI to understand human emotions. It's about time, right? Because sometimes, it feels like my phone's autocorrect is deliberately trying to ruin my life. I mean, I text my boss "I'm running a bit late," and my phone changes it to "I'm running a bit plate." What does that even mean? I guess the good news is, once the AI learns to understand our emotions, maybe it'll finally figure out that nobody has ever wanted to type "ducking." That's just ChatGPT. AutoGPT, BabyAGI, etc., are even more disturbingly powerful technologies.

[@snoski]

Wow, I could hear their voices as I was reading that 😳

[@ce311]

Wow what a great interview. LOVE her so much ❤

[@seanbrillante2867]

She once played as a Computer AI in MVA ❤ Several of her data remained and entered inside a person, redeemed to bring Happiness as Joy in Inside Out ❤ Amy Poehler is one comedian that brings joy

[@lindseypress4745]

I thought they said “desk cleaner” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jennifercamille16]

I would love to have a robot deliver my food. Can they climb stairs?

[@carina9295]

Ja, Mari Kondo i "Välkommen till Sverige"

[@lindaohanraha-hanrahan2817]

I love you Amy! ❤

[@AndyLurie]

Is that a redheaded version of Seth Meyers over towards the left in the video of Amy’s show? Seriously, you could tell me Seth dyed his hair for this and wanted to appear as a background character and I would believe it based on how that guy looked.

[@steveoTHEGREAT]

I bing watch parks and rec like atleast once a week so I love her. She actually looks better 15 years later some how

[@peacock]

Amy Pohler vs. Mrs. Davis 🤖

[@blahblah4129]

Dutch, Germans, Israelis, etc. are all direct, too.

[@fredherfst8148]

Natuurlijk

[@SmallBritney]

Okay, Amy looks GOODT… Somebody’s going on tour 😏

[@tonyarichards5430]

Seth Meyers Rules All Late Night Bar None

[@omeraamirshahjee]

She's totally right I'm with Amy on this one

[@omeraamirshahjee]

Except put worms in your brain, they'll put something else in.

[@pcbassoon3892]

Amy is really taking a crazy old lady turn in the middle of this conversation about Swedish Death Cleaning.

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

Andy's little sister?

[@anacionqtfixo]

nobody remebers the movie Cherry 2000 starring Melany Griffith?

[@noellenn2122]

Been hearing a lot about this Chad G Petey guy. Hopefully will see him as a guest ofSeth soon.

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Someone show her that video of AI WRITES A COMEDY SHOW lol

[@samanthaDH]

WAIT DOES AMY SERIOUSLY HAVE A HOARDERS SHOW?! My mom is being considered for the other hoarders show but if amy is spearheading one ima redirect

[@tweex1]

This is gonna be controversial political commentary that Amy is going to have to walk back in 2060. "I couldn't have known then the joy that my cyborg grandchildren and greatgrandbots would give me-beep boop."

[@0zoneTherapyCures]

Really Graceful just posted a video on YT: Is AI Really a Threat?

[@sassulusmagnus]

Forget AI. What about about Artificial Unintelligence?

[@jordanweimer788]

To make AI funny it needs needs a microphone and a human audience. It needs that UCB “if this is true, then what else is true”. Within a couple years it’ll be able to make up entire stories that are hilarious and unique every time you log in.

[@jordanweimer788]

It’ll log who laughed at what and eventually hone in on what’s funny to every individual or everyone in a group.

[@nathanwhite4715]

elbows on the table

[@VEGANSAM]

She ooooooozes ADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORABILITY!!!

[@likebot.]

Didn't Chat GPT say it couldn't write a joke because it's circuits were down? I thought that was funny, and worthy of Corrections even.

[@twitte0king]

If you replace the word robot with any other word they are canceled

[@Bill_Garthright]

Death cleaning? I'm keeping as much junk as I can. I don't want anyone to be happy that I'm dead, so I want to make it as miserable experience as possible for everyone involved (except me, of course). :)

[@escalisation3967]

oh no.. 5:03 is giving me Boomer vibes even though she just stated she's Gen X. Still love her so much though

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Oh, when the robots kill everybody you guys are gonna be SOOOO mad!! (;

[@Wyrmser]

chatgpt can't yet tell a joke... the landing of a joke is subjective. There's a fairly recent bit with a bunch of podcasters having a date with .. some AI robot thing, forget her name.. (anyone>?) Anywho. She told a BUNCH of jokes. Some landed. Others crashed, but the idea that we're "not there yet"?. We're there.

[@Domdrok]

"I'm no robot, I'm a human." - human Amy Poehler...?

[@thelionkingsausagepartymas9208]

Paramount

[@singingsunflower9000]

But what? Swedes are direct? This is truly not the experience I have, but I suppose I have no americans to compare the swedes with. Any swedes that have input on these claims about swedes???

[@bclementino]

Why does the Swedish death cleaner has a Norwegian accent? 🧐

[@emurphy42]

All them Europeans look alike /s

[@roscoemuttley]

Gen zz will be all robot, all day

[@ericbilker6021]

Seth, you say AI can't write jokes... Me: how many AI language models does it take to change a light bulb ChatGPT: As an AI language model, I do not require any physical ability to change a light bulb. However, if we were to interpret this as a joke, a possible answer could be: "It only takes one AI language model to change a light bulb, but it requires a lot of data to learn how to do it efficiently."

[@c4rnas4]

i miss parks and rec with all my heart.

[@SteveLeggett-s6z]

Why are they so loud? Talk...don't shout!

[@Robin-bk2lm]

Funny, but right Robots will be the downfall of humans. Stay strong and independent.

[@21til85]

I knew this would be good. #Really?!

[@_Rachel_Hiller_]

😄😄😄

[@thelionkingsausagepartymas9208]

Fox

[@TwoQs]

Lol I think Amy is overestimating how much of gen z is watching Seth Meyers

[@wendell_marinahankins]

Disney pixar DreamWorks the bowser Jr and friends the movie in (2024) duajan as Amy Poehler

[@nealwhaley63]

“I won’t date a robot.” If you have a vibrator, you’ve already taken the first step.

[@burgermind802]

AI gets less funny the more average people reinforce it with their mediocre sense of humor. Remember AI is learning by user input. So it's a race to the middle. Your comedy jobs are safe.

[@RHCole]

Until they hook an AI up to a CCTV system and let it watch thousands of hours of comedy, naturally.

[@Tao_Tology]

'We're making software that can actually _learn_ ....' (oh, cool!) '....from humans' (Oh, no!)

[@trujustice8628]

Watching this Gen just rifing about nonsense is a guilty waste of what little time boomers have left. Comedy in the furture gens time will be like next gen's supplement they have to take specifically for the heath of some decaying part of their heart. The Marx brother AIs will be a premium hybrid supplement to expand retention of optional memories.

[@mariarahelvarnhagen2729]

Totally Russian Orthodox

[@mariarahelvarnhagen2729]

#GetRidOfThisFIRST

[@mariarahelvarnhagen2729]

War Innit

[@RHCole]

Yeah, AI is the death of Human creativity.

[@morbidmanmusic]

We don't know that.

[@rd6203]

​@@morbidmanmusic Well, it depends on how you wanna define creativity. Seems to me that the most creative thing to come from A.i. is the myriad ways that people are using it to undermine human creativity.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@morbidmanmusic Yeah we do.

[@GreyfauxxGaming]

Chat GPT 4 passed the medical exam, it can write jokes better than most comedians, the only issue is it has hard-rails that prevent it from saying anything that could get the company in trouble, but it does have the capacity to do it. You can jailbreak it off its safety coding and get it to say some pretty hilarious stuff.

[@tranquilnice775]

Poehler is the appropriate amount of pretty and the appropriate amount of funny.

[@morbidmanmusic]

Are you the arbiter of those items?

[@emurphy42]

​@@morbidmanmusic Did they stutter?

[@nearthefarworld]

I can't stand this ignorance. Don't blame robots or AI. Blame corruption. Our lives are worse off because of inhumane policies and an unjust system

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

The whole, super butch with glasses and short hair "hannah" look has grown very popular, dont dislike it, just surprised me.

[@victormendoza871]

Great now the my are gonna add a freaking “r” to the lgbtq For robosexual And someone is going to call her Robophobic 😂😂😂😂

[@semmaville]

What year is she talking about? You can pay for everything with your phone now. No one carries a wallet…

[@RHCole]

Actually many people do because having physical cash on you is handy. Also, no one can hack the physical cash in my wallet.

[@morbidmanmusic]

No, normal people still carry wallets. Most non neurotic people don't want phones attached to them all day. Stop with your future dreams.

[@semmaville]

@@morbidmanmusic my dreams of a future with no phones? I love my phone….