Weird Al Yankovic Turned Down “Nice Pile Of Money” For AI Ad: “I Can’t Be The Poster Boy For AI” https://t.co/DPzeAIIyd5
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“I was offered this commercial before the tour. It was business software that would increase productivity. And they offered me a nice pile of money. I said, ‘Oh well, yeah, sure, I could do that.'”
Yankovic continued, “And then a week before we’re supposed to shoot it, I find out, oh, this is AI. And I thought, ‘Oh no, I can’t be the poster boy for AI, forget it.'”
SAG-AFTRA recently endorsed the Trump administration’s AI policy framework, which calls for expanding AI workforce development, allowing data centers to generate their own power and removing legal barriers that limit AI innovation.
