Dirty Pop: Netflix users deplore ‘embarrassing’ feature in new No 1 show
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Dirty Pop: Netflix users deplore ‘embarrassing’ feature in new No 1 show

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. to whoever decided to make ai lou pearlman the narrator of this dirty pop documentary on netflix, i hope you step on a lego. Really hope this doesn’t become a trend - won’t be able to tell what’s real and what’s fake anymore — Alexis Todd-Dinac July 25, 2024 “To whoever decided to make AI Lou Pearlman the narrator of this Dirty Pop documentary on Netflix, I hope you step on a lego, this is embarrassing,” wrote one person. “Really hope this doesn’t become a trend – won’t be able to tell what’s real and what’s fake anymore.” Tried watching the Dirty Pop doc on @netflix but the AI Lou Pearlman thing is so off putting & terrible I’m not finishing it. I don’t get what they were thinking there.” In a new interview for Netflix, published on Saturday, executive producer Michael Johnson said: “We secured Lou’s life rights; we only used words written by Lou himself; we hired an actor to deliver those words; we used real footage of Lou in order to capture his true mannerisms and body language; and we hired AI experts from MIT Media Lab, Pinscreen, and Resemble AI to execute our vision.” Explaining his decision to use AI, Johnson added: “It was important for us to convey the words written in Lou’s book in this way because his writing is a reflection of his reality and the reality that he wanted everyone to believe.

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