‘Simpsons’ showrunner says show didn’t predict Diddy, calling viral image fake

The Simpsons could have a fame for being popular culture predictors that come true, however simply in case DidiThe Fox cartoon made no such prophecy.

cartoon showrunner, Matt Selmandefined all this to TMZ after an “AI faux” of Diddy, depicted because the Simpsons character operating from the cops in a pink go well with, made the rounds on-line.

A TV producer tells TMZ … “On this age of digital disinformation, The Simpsons ‘predictions’ (or, extra precisely, ‘coincidences’) have turn out to be meaningless. Any idiot can create an AI picture primarily based on a present occasion and say “The Simpsons predicted it!” — and first rate folks, who’re simply misled, will consider it as a result of they actually need it to be true.”

To be honest to those that have been duped, the picture was fairly convincing, particularly because it featured the pink go well with Diddy wore earlier on the pink carpet.

Matt criticized those that use synthetic intelligence to intentionally mislead the general public … however reminded followers that it would not take a lot to authenticate a picture.

MS additionally drew on the present’s success in predicting key occasions in historical past – together with the Ebola outbreak, the Sport of Thrones collection finale, the Titanic catastrophe, Siegfried and Roy tiger assault Woman GagaThe Tremendous Bowl halftime present and Donald Trumpthe presidency of

In keeping with Matt, the present’s success in predicting the longer term comes down to 2 issues: historical past and math.

He defined… “If you happen to research historical past, you can ‘predict’ the longer term as a result of humanity’s stupidity repeats itself. If you happen to research math, you may know that when a present makes actually tens of hundreds of jokes about American society over the course of practically 800 episodes, it will be statistically unattainable to not create materials that intersects with what occurs later in actual life.”