Late Hollywood star’s daughter begs fans to stop sending her ‘disgusting’ AI images of him
Her dad died by suicide in 2014.
The daughter of late Hollywood star Robin Williams has slammed people sending her ‘gross’ images of him.
The comedy legend, who starred in films including Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Mrs. Doubtfire and Jumanji, died by suicide aged 63 in August 2014.
In the years since, his family, friends and fans have regularly paid tribute to the star, but a new trend in making images and videos of him using AI has drawn the ire of his daughter, Zelda Williams.
This week the actress and director, 36, begged people to stop making AI-generated content.
‘Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,’ she wrote in a post on Instagram.
‘Stop believing I wanna see it or that I’ll understand, I don’t and I won’t.
Robin Williams died by suicide in 2014 (Picture: Albert Chau/ FilmMagic) His daughter Zelda is being sent ‘gross’ AI content in her late father’s likeness (Picture: Michael Tran/ FilmMagic)‘If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen way worse, I’ll restrict and move on. But please, if you’ve got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It’s dumb, it’s a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it’s NOT what he’d want.’
She went on to write: ‘To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to “this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that’s enough”, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening.
‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.’
‘And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it “the future”. AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.’
She posted a lengthy statement online (Picture: Zelda Williams/ Instagram)
