Robin Williams’ Daughter Calls Out Fans For Sending Her AI Videos Of Actor

Zelda Williams wants fans to stop sending her AI-generated videos of her father Robin Williams.

The Dead of Summer actress, 36, took to her Instagram Stories on Monday (October 6) to call out people who utilize AI images and videos to create tributes to the late legendary actor and others who have passed away and begged fans to "stop sending me AI videos of Dad," per E! News. The Dead Poets Society actor died by suicide in 2014 at 63 years old.

"Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, I'll restrict and move on," she said.

The Lisa Frankenstein director advised that the videos go against "decency" and shouldn't be subjected on anyone, adding that even her dad would be against the tributes.

"But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop," she said. "It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want."

She also slammed AI-generated content as a whole, saying it is "just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed," Deadline reports.

"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," she said. "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."

Zelda is one of many artists who have spoken out about the use of AI in creative capacities as the technology grows in popularity, especially on social media. In August, Freddie Gibbs explained why rappers using sites like ChatGPT is contributing to the idea that "art is dying" while country singer Lainey Wilson's fiancé recently called out AI-generated photos from their nonexistent wedding.