Matt Gourley Scripted A Podcast Segment Using AI | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

Matt Gourley expands his carbon footprint by using AI to generate some scripted conversations between himself, Conan, and Sona - some more realistic than others.
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[@SilverCurbsideProphet]

9:36 Matt ONLY saying "coward" convincing Conan to continue reading was hilarious.

[@coleeckerman1390]

He’s like Marty Mcfly, just call him a coward and he’ll do anything you say

[@louispacetime1576]

@@coleeckerman1390lmfaoooo I was thinking the same thing 😂😂😂

[@Tonyhouse1168]

When chatgpt starts responding to every prompt with “there was talk of gerbils!” then we’ll know that the Coco takeover is complete!!

[@kaelthunderhoof5619]

Uhmmmm PATERRRRRRRR!!

[@sunilpai31]

​@@kaelthunderhoof5619😊😊

[@ThatsOnYoutube]

I was listening to the scripted podcast and when it went into the AirBNB advertisement, I didn't notice.

[@a5-30-31cts]

@ThatsOnKZbin - good point

[@paulisson]

I think Matt used AI segment as excuse to make Conan and Sona read his James Bond/Star Wars fanfic he wrote.

[@deucefoAM206]

I would watch James Bond in Star Wars

[@TimN1043]

The first one really was almost spot-on! 🤣👍🏼

[@SuperWoodgod]

The first couple of lines are somewhat OK, as they're just rehashes, but it gets less believable as it goes on.

[@gike2755]

The second one is perfect! "Waiting for a punchline" when the WHOLE THING is the punchline!!! 😂

[@allanv2497]

Hmm, an alien that has seen pictures of hamburgers... Jordan Schlansky: I know how humans are expected to interact, I've witnessed these things.

[@annabellathorne8553]

Conan had the original program for Chat GPT on staff all along 😂😂😂😂

[@ZombiePorridge]

It's actually kinda crazy how well the AI captured the dynamic of the podcast

[@WhyX11]

Lol. AI is kind of boring :)

[@randomfire5315]

@@WhyX11 So ..not too far from reality I suppose.

[@XavierAxelrod]

not well enough.

[@ZombiePorridge]

Well to be clear, I don't mean the content was well done or could replace any real scriptwriting, I just mean it is somewhat impressive that it got the personalities and dynamics involved without requiring any coaching or additional context

[@wyskass861]

It's like a toddler growing up.. It's all cute until you realize they are becoming psychopaths with no human emotion, just mimicry.

[@Vggincidently]

10:19 “Wookiee Roaring Gadgets!” 😂 [underrated line because Conan was exasperated]

[@rickitynick4463]

"Haha haha! I'll be a Fork!" Sona would definitely be the fork...

[@falxonPSN]

That's forking hilarious.

[@wkatc007]

And I’ll be the big spoon 😂

[@GaladrielFlowers]

OK, the Scarlett O’Hara line just killed me. 🤣💀👻

[@scabby.knees99]

Apart from ChatGPT's usual moments of stiff dialogue, that first script before the ad was actually insanely close 😅

[@polyglot12]

The Star Wars/Bond bit was almost painful to watch. I think AI needs a few more years before it can be a Conan writer 😂

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

Could there be any more gadgets?!

[@Lurdiak]

AI's best at writing insincere shilling and marketing blurbs, it's really hard to give it a prompt that won't default to that kind of inhuman language.

[@SuperWoodgod]

@@Lurdiak Yeah. I'm seeing people saying how good it was, and I'm wondering if I watched the same video. AI by itself is not a problem when to comes to the future of creative media, but the fact people actually think its garbage output is good enough to be considered anything more than a novelty.

[@jazzjokesjalopies]

Now AI will consider this performance in its next iteration.

[@stpyramids]

Sona's read on these is the funniest part

[@user-wm3hu7lo1g]

She really relished this alternate persona where she loves all the geek stuff! What a dream for Matt to replay (once he gets enough sleep)

[@Diablagato]

She acts like she's not a performer, but she does like to sink her teeth into stuff if it amuses her!

[@RafaJLopez]

I've never heard Sona say "Listen," before a sentence 😭

[@RafaJLopez]

"I'll be a fork" is so accurate

[@shubhamlele5395]

She said it during the video when they roasted her eyebrows

[@captainchaos3667]

I find it _deeply_ scary how good it is.

[@jiblitin1520]

Don't forget, AI will replace humans eventually.

[@RumballRamblesTO-zy8ig]

More gold. All of it. But Gourley breaking at the end did me in. Tuesday, starting well.

[@bigmike485]

James Hond and Qbacca in “That’s no Moonraker”

[@SuomiGameHUB]

in "Goldstar"

[@rohitfire1]

It's actually so close to so many intros

[@alexandertucker6140]

crooning a woodland creature LOL!!!!

[@thommytsunami]

"Sona, why are you still trying?" C'mon, Conan. She hardly ever tries so appreciate the moment.

[@wkatc007]

Haha exactly

[@marvincool3744]

That 007/Star Wars speech sounds like my drunken nerdy ramblings

[@l0zz1em0zzi3]

"bond, star wars bond" made me actually reconsider every reason to live

[@Kstanimal]

That first segment was SO GOOD! Sooo accurate, i was dying at how accurate it was. and then the other two are very much classic chatgpt of just long-winded robotic speech 😂

[@GrisouIII]

I love how Conan keeps saying ChatgBt 😂

[@ActualChef]

It’s possible this is the hardest I’ve laughed ever at these podcast segments. This is brilliant.

[@joebluhm]

"I'm already sold!" LOL

[@deadwaitsoldiers]

"Bond, Star Wars Bond."

[@thanatosirons]

This is one of my favorite openings ever!! I will rewatch this.

[@googles333]

They're so good that their ChatGPT counterparts have been trained perfectly. Edit: Maybe not perfect. But having them read it is amazing.

[@tonijackson3421]

No, it was absolutely perfect lol if they didn’t read it like they were reading from a script, I would have swore that it was genuinely them 😅😂

[@Walperion_Music]

​@@tonijackson3421 Well yes that's the scary part right! You know what that means! Maybe their dynamic is so one-celled that it can be replicated so easily. Or we humans are just such one-celled creatures that we are easily readable by the robots and can/will be fooled beyond belief within another couple of years.

[@newgunsrules]

This explains the dialogue writing of The Rings of Power.

[@wkatc007]

Made it make sense 😂

[@EduardoMano]

Conan impersonating Sona using a Simpsons voice is just priceless!

[@trusarmor4957]

'Dream ACHIEVED !' Conan's wit👏👏👏 😆🤣😆

[@Thingdeux]

By the time it all broke down in the end with the fanfic I couldn’t breathe i was laughing so hard. Perfection

[@shannonallaround9490]

8:56 That’s right Conan! 😂 Chat GPT is so wack 😂😂

[@KimSol90]

the Ai generated script was hilarious! I am laughing tears.

[@abhishekpratapnigam]

Here is another iteration : Conan: Welcome back to the podcast! I’m here with my two wonderful friends, Sona and Matt. I can tell you both are excited to be in the presence of greatness. Sona: (sarcastically) Oh, absolutely! I can hardly contain my excitement. Matt: Right? It's like being at a concert, and I’m just here for the opening act. Conan: (laughs) You know, I actually had to think about whether I should even let you two sit at my table. It’s a tough call. Sona: (mockingly) Please, Conan, the real challenge is keeping you from hogging the mic! Matt: Exactly! Sometimes I think we’re just here to fill the space between your genius. Conan: (smirking) Well, someone has to keep this podcast grounded. It can’t all be about my brilliance. But let’s be honest, the only reason people tune in is to hear my thoughts on the world. Sona: (laughs) Oh, is that what they’re tuning in for? I thought it was the comedy duo of Sona and Matt, trying to keep Conan from floating away on his ego! Matt: (chuckles) You mean “Sona and Matt, the sidekicks in Conan’s epic saga”? Conan: Exactly! I’m like the sun, and you two are the planets just trying not to get sucked into my orbit. Sona: (playfully) More like we’re the asteroids that keep colliding with your massive ego! Matt: (laughing) Yeah, we’re here to provide the necessary collisions to keep you grounded! Conan: (pretending to be serious) Listen, if I’m not here reminding everyone of my undeniable talent, then what’s the point? Sona: (smirking) It’s not like you’ll let us forget it anyway. Matt: Right? I mean, we could be discussing world peace, and you’d find a way to turn it into a monologue about your latest haircut! Conan: (grinning) Well, my hair is a national treasure. It deserves its own podcast. Sona: (laughs) “The Hair Chronicles with Conan O’Brien”! I’d tune in for that! Matt: Only if you promise to keep the ego in check, which we both know isn’t happening. Conan: (laughs) Check? No, my ego is on an unlimited data plan. It’s here to stay!

[@nielsvdc]

I listen to this podcast during my evening walk. This episode made me laugh all the way😂

[@scabby.knees99]

That horrific Star Wars and Bond script reads like some actual reddit comment threads 😩🔫

[@kumakhan22]

Who knew AI could process banter!

[@ManiacArtist83]

That got really cringe at the end 🤣🤣🤣 I love it!

[@mmoncur]

We NEED Conan to get Jordan Schlansky to read Sona's part on the James Bond / Star Wars bit. It would totally BREAK his mind...

[@rob-v1y]

This was eerily accurate. The singularity is here. Can Skynet be far behind?

[@sureshbond7135]

13:14 Conan turned into Marge Simpson

[@MagicalMysteryMe1]

8:51 “I CAN’T TAKE IT, THIS IS BULLSHIT” LOL

[@Patchez13]

Sounded like the AI when into a Disney advert towards the end

[@vasyan123]

It started pretty good but then turned into Will Smith eating spaghetti.

[@starflakey]

I’m not doing this. coward ok 🤣🤣

[@ActualChef]

The Bond & Star Wars crossover is classic AI chat. Sometimes the algorithms get a hitch and it keeps diving further and further into the same subject in increasingly dumb waves.

[@debbier9270]

Matt, you got work to do . My ADD kicked in. That was too long 😂😂😂

[@ccricc]

12:18 The way Matt says Johansson is very close to how the name is pronounced in Denmark and Sweden, where the name (and her dad) comes from.

[@vegashusker77]

I had not been scared of AI before I heard this segment. But listening to how spot in this was terrified me. Humanity is doomed.

[@zaneplatt3533]

Watch as A.I barely changes anything lmao. People always think the world is ending

[@mateostenberg]

I hate to say it but more than half the things in that script were verbatim from other segments. It's passable, it's serviceable... It's pretty boring

[@chadwickerman]

This honestly makes me wonder if some of these Disney shows are using AI to write their dialog. I'm not being facetious. They seem to be written by aliens or robots.

[@DMMDDMMD]

The funny thing is that the second version works completly if you just imagine Conan saying all this stuff but with a sarcastic voice. So it's just a bit

[@wkatc007]

I now want Sona to read me and my future children bedtime stories 😂

[@regina_filange2.0]

Glad you released the video😊it was a little hard to follow on the podcast (well for me anyway). I got a little lost on what was scripted vs your actual responses lol🙃

[@ripvanstinkle]

"Dream achieved."

[@dabsin2856]

I'll be a fork is wiiiiiild 😂😂

[@aratilishehe]

So... Obviously chatgpt used the podcast as training data.

[@fennec8896]

They use just about anything they can get their hands on lol. But so do most modern ai, it’s all about the amount of data from any and every source they can collect and most is collected by the ai itself. That’s a huge aspect of how the ai improves itself. I’m just about certain chatgpt knows every Conan podcast ep.

[@coleeckerman1390]

Shouldn’t OpenAI pay Team Coco for using their intellectual property in their product?

[@RyanKellar-q8l]

​@@coleeckerman1390😂😂😂😂😂

[@averagefern8239]

Conan is one of a kind!

[@demodato]

'I'm just imagining the new catchphrase: Bond, Star Wars Bond.' 10:40

[@Starrider.]

The burger made by aliens analogy is actually very accurate

[@joshs8685]

Okay I'm officially scared, the AI wrote one of the best podcast segments of all time 😂

[@YodatheHobbit]

This conversation is too real and my brain can't handle it!

[@007NowOnline]

This was a fun clip. 😂

[@falxonPSN]

Those first couple ones were very impressive actually. They captured the style very well.

[@batoutofmel4959]

I just want you to know from me that since ChatGPT has been trained on everyone's books and writings, if YOU have books and writings, technically you helped to write this segment. SUCCESS.

[@ianhays2256]

Star Wars and James Bond, the crossover we never knew we needed! 😂

[@ftuT]

Love how Matt made them go all in on a geek rampage like an annoying little brother forcing the siblings do a geeky play for his birthday. Then he can't stand the bliss and breaks.

[@kathleenrasing6818]

The first two are eerily spot - on! And AI is just getting started. But Conan made a good point when Gourley started to break 😅😂 i think human flaws is what AI won't be able to replicate. And one day, we will appreciate all our imperfections & failures cos that's what makes us unique... and human. OR NOT (doh!)

[@77Mariet]

Asked copilot"how would conan obrien explain the birds and the bees." Actually had a whole sketch for me. It actually said "Conan mimics an elaborate bird dance, much to the imaginary audience's delight." LOL

[@Chalepastel]

IT'S SO CLOSE!!!!

[@alphabrainwave]

The universe tends toward chaos first, then order, then creation, then play.

[@BetteDavis19]

MY GOD the ai wrote the most accurate podcast ive ever heard ???

[@cleverusername9369]

This is.... this is frighteningly accurate

[@NichL-95]

LOL MATT'S FINAL EDIT was a genius troll

[@luminousdragon]

I know gourley wont actually read this, but the real fun is when you ask it to blend it with something else. Ok, you hade AI come up with a podcast script. But now instead make it write a scrip with the three of you as detectives solving a mystery. Have conans lines be like a 1940s detective, Make sure the script works for a table read/podcast so not describing physical movements, just a conversation. ------------------- Then you can blend it with whatever... make the three of them in a dnd like setting, or conan as his superhero character that he made that suit of and them as other ones or a villian... When they have certain guests on potentially write up other ones. obviously not saying make a whole bunch of them but thats how to make it interesting. Prefereably something absurd so you break the ai lol.

[@Diana_L.]

And now, I'm waiting for Jordan Schlansky to ask Conan what it is that he does that an AI can't do just as well.

[@hihi-sj8wd]

The third read is just an episode of RLM's Nerdcrew😂

[@olgabarysheva4386]

Conan's Sona at the end was sounding like Marge from Simpsons

[@juliuskwak1263]

The scripted elements where Conan doubles down with a referenced metaphor: "It's like..." or "like how I..." are all too real!

[@jaywilliams1653]

Mission accomplished 😂

[@juank7364]

Sona: “That’s my dream, if I could do nothing and still get a paycheck” Conan: “Dream achieved” ☠️ 😂

[@shoepanda]

"This is the part GPT can't recreate." xDD This whole segment is really something.

[@botwhy]

I hate how much I loved that ai segment

[@kewlbri125]

With those glasses, we need Conan as a minion.

[@jupitervolcano]

The first one was really good.

[@ElectroBlep]

Matt is "Billy Pilgrim'ing". He's bouncing between different times in history and now. He can't keep track of which year he is currently in. Hence the "Scarlet O'Hara" reference. I've got video of Conan hanging out with dinosaurs on his huge property. The AI has already come for him.

[@ceevee7]

Part of me wanted the Bond part to end yet I was happy but didn’t 🤣😂

[@javidelvalmusic]

by the end it was just Matt's fan fic 😭

[@TimN1043]

Now Matt I need some advice. I was mowing the yard yesterday and suddenly the mower quit. I checked the battery and it wasn't dead, I turned the mower over and nothing's blocking it. What do you suggest? 🤣

[@TheBS1000]

Hmm. Turning the engine over and turning the mower over have two very different meanings. If you literally flipped your mower over, I would advise you stop doing that (There are other ways to clean your mower's deck). The oil and gas that's in your mower is supposed to stay where it's at, and when you flip the mower over gravity immediately pulls the oil and gas away from the places it's supposed to be - it may even cause your oil and gas to leak out. If you flipped your mower over for any reason before it quit working, that could be contributing to why it suddenly quit working. You should definitely check your fluids. Failing that, stick a fork in it because it's done.

[@Vggincidently]

I know you’re being sarcastic but for chatGPT’s future benefit, check: battery, spark plug connection, fluid levels and air filter. Thank you 🙏

[@MartyD]

wow if they didn’t tell me this was ai 😂

[@jrules3918]

Matt didn’t need a script in the last one lol😂

[@Ryan256]

I’m pretty sure this was written by version 4, not the newer version 4o. I hope they’ll continue to run this experiment with each new generation of model. Fun!

[@ChristianCaryl]

I think this is the funniest one so far

[@paulcavanagh3678]

More Matt Gourley! More James Bonding!

[@tiyas5378]

This was hilarious and all but I feel the need to assert that Bond would be working _for_ empire, if anything

[@dafunkdafunk]

Dream achieved 😂😂😂😂

[@madnessbydesignVria]

Maybe it's just me, but it sounded like if someone wrote an Anime of this podcast...