Jason is an 🏹

Full-time burden | (He/She/They/Ey/Ve/Xe) | omni-akoiro polyam enby | autistic | 23 |

[aero @stellapowder]

"your average letterboxd rating is so high" that's because i LIKE movies and i watch them for FUN and if i'm not HAVING FUN i don't FINISH IT

[ClickHole @ClickHole]

For decades, Sesame Street has been the gold standard of children’s television, weaving together valuable life lessons and educational programming with care and creativity. But one recent episode has polarized viewers and caused some parents to question the series’ judgment. And so it is time to ask the question: Did Sesame Street go too far with the episode where the Count outsources his counting to ChatGPT and finally has a free minute to visit his wife’s grave for the first time in 20 years to teach kids about the positive aspects of AI?

It definitely seems like Sesame Street has gotten itself into some major controversy with this one.

The episode began walking the line almost immediately. In the first moments of the episode, the Count is reading an old issue of National Review from 1961 and nodding along while muttering things like, “Yes, so true” and “Finally, someone sees it my way.” After three minutes of this, Grover approaches the Count, kisses him gently on the forehead, and says in Ernie’s voice, “You should count to 600,000.” Then Grover walks away. The Count realizes that counting to such a high number would take hours, so instead of doing it himself, he downloads Claude and tells it to “Count to 600,000 for me.” The AI starts counting immediately, and the Count realizes that he finally has a free afternoon to himself.
While Claude is doing the Count’s work for him, he drives to the Sesame Street Cemetery where his wife Theresa has been buried since 2011, when she passed away after suffering an allergic reaction to the general anesthesia she was administered during a tonsillectomy. The Count kneels at her grave and apologizes over and over again for never having the time to visit her. He explains that he has been too busy counting things for work to come see her, but thanks to the amazing advances in artificial intelligence he finally has enough time to make the drive out to the cemetery.

The Count then sings a song called “The Future Is Here,” in which he celebrates the ways in which artificial intelligence has transformed human life for the better. Then the Count does push-ups in front of his wife’s grave to show her how strong he’s gotten in the years since her death.

At the end of the episode, the Count returns to his computer, where Claude has finished counting to 600,000. Grover returns and says, “Wow, the artificial intelligence did a perfect job. We should use this technology for almost everything in our society.” The Count agrees and goes back to reading his old issue of National Review.

Viewers have expressed concern online about many parts of the episode. Some parents have said that the way AI was presented by the Count as a way to fix all of his problems was biased and did not substantively engage with some of the potential pitfalls of this new technology. Others have complained that the way the Count also did push-ups in front of several other women’s graves at the cemetery while singing a song called “Playing The Field” undermined the family values of the show. It’s definitely an ongoing debate, and one that’s likely to continue for decades—or even centuries—to come.

What do you think? Did Sesame Street go too far, or do you agree that it’s impossible for anyone to do anything wrong in any context? Be sure to sound off in the comments to let us know what’s on your mind!

[stewie garlic @strwberryvape]

stop using ai i need that water for my bong

[Nikki Morgen Comix @ducknuk_comic]

Ishmael: Call me Shemale.
Captain AMAB: I'm not calling you that.

[horse dentist @equine__dentist]

my opps can’t even begin to fathom the type shit i’m on

[Jason is an 🏹 @PrinxeJ17]

@tcanny @MerriamWebster nah, you're right on this one

[Jason is an 🏹 @PrinxeJ17]

@Guyinthesky_ mulan

[Billy Mays III @infinitethird]

saw the odyssey last night. great movie but all I could focus on was everyone’s race and gender

[Jason is an 🏹 @PrinxeJ17]

@shirtsthtgohard someone send a freebie to jkr

[Jason is an 🏹 @PrinxeJ17]

@Mono_twt01 had to quit a creative writing class bc ppl I knew and whose opinions I respected were also in the class and I couldn't handle that

[Mono @Mono_twt01]

Showing your friends your writing is more intimate than sex, and equally as embarrassing

[trïzky @trizkyfr]

if you get straight A’s in school they just let you rawdog adhd and autism

[Jason is an 🏹 @PrinxeJ17]

@Favwontmiss orange again

[Sophia Benoit @1followernodad]

Christopher Nolan didn’t have the balls to let the audience actually hear the siren’s song (Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado ft Timbaland)

[Rhiannon 🏳️‍🌈💪 @UnionRhiannon]

Jimothy commands it.

[Jason is an 🏹 @PrinxeJ17]

@Favwontmiss orange

[Jason is an 🏹 @PrinxeJ17]

@MasterWuggles i remember 7x7 from a weird video where they couldn't think of any mnemonics, so just chanted it as 'sound off' thing. "sound off! 7x7! sound off! is 49. 7x7 is 49. 49!"

gotta say it worked bc i still remember

[swamp hag ✨☕️🌸🍓🍰 @potatoslav]

husband went to see The Odyssey