00:00I bought a two-bedroom. I bought a two-bedroom. So I could rent out the other bedroom. So I
00:04could rent out the other bedroom. And I got this really cute roommate. And I got this really cute
00:07roommate. An AI stole Julia Jasunas' joke. She has been working as a stand-up comedian in the
00:13U.S. since 2013 and puts a lot of work into crafting her punchlines. Recently, a friend
00:19sent her a video of an AI-generated woman telling her joke. It does feel violating to a degree.
00:25It's a story about my life and something that I tell on stage. It's solely created from me.
00:31And she's not the only one. Several mostly female comedians have spoken out about having
00:36their jokes stolen too. The community is very upset. I've had a lot of comedians come up to me and
00:42they feel kind of defeated by it. They don't know what to do. A lot of them don't want to
00:46post their
00:47clips. Some AI accounts have thousands of followers and they gain a lot of views. They all show highly
00:53sexualized women. Some pages also post links to OnlyFans accounts.
00:58Female comedians already have a hard time being respected in the industry. So to then
01:02bring it back to these porn sites, it's insulting. It's deepening the stigma that we're fighting
01:10against. Another issue. If users see an AI tell a joke first, they might accuse the real comedian
01:15of stealing it. The AI account that copied Julia and many other comedians has since been taken down
01:21from Instagram. But when she first reported it, the platform said it didn't violate any
01:26community guidelines. Adam Musseri, head of Instagram, said it is not practical to ban AI
01:31creators, but that he was very worried about the trend. Julia finds this answer disappointing.
01:37I think that they're not gonna care until somebody gets litigious, unfortunately, because they're a
01:43huge platform and they can do what they want. Julia hopes that U.S. authorities will step in with
01:50regulations. But until then, she recommends blocking and reporting such accounts and not engaging with
01:56them. Have you ever come across an AI comedian?
