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Beavis and Butt-Head
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
NewsNation host Bobbi Moore interviews an MIT professor about artificial intelligence, but he keeps losing his train of thought over an audience member who resembles Beavis. Moving the man reveals another distraction: a stranger who looks like Butt-Head.
The host tries to restore order with viewer questions and a speech therapist’s comment, while the two men insist they have busy lives and barely watch television. Their introductions and laughter deepen the resemblance, and the broadcast ends by revealing another group of familiar-looking guests from Texas.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 10
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
It's just a little distracting.
I'm just here to learn about AI.
I've heard rumblings.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Mikey Day
Writer
Streeter Seidell
Writer
Liz Patrick
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Earlier versions were prepared for Jonah Hill and Oscar Isaac episodes before this version aired with Ryan Gosling.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:04
Bobbi Moore
Welcome to News Nation. I'm Bobbi Moore. In tonight's live stream town hall we'll discuss the potential power and pitfalls of the coming AI revolution. You won't want to miss this. I'm joined by MIT Dean of Technology, Professor Norman Hemming.
- 00:26
Professor Norman Hemming
Thank you, Bobbi.
- 00:28
Bobbi Moore
Well, let's get into it. Professor, you've been very outspoken about the threat AI poses. Can you explain your stance to the average American?
- 00:42
Professor Norman Hemming
I'm sorry, what?
- 00:44
Bobbi Moore
Can you explain your stance on A.I. to the average American?
- 00:49
Professor Norman Hemming
Uh, certainly. Um, to be clear, I'm not anti-A.I. I just beavis, uh, believe... I believe A.I. needs to be properly regulated. I'm sorry.
- 01:05
Bobbi Moore
Professor, is there a problem?
- 01:08
Professor Norman Hemming
Um, yeah. Yeah, there's a gentleman in your audience who looks strikingly similar to Beavis from the cartoon Beavis and Butthead. It's just a little distracting.
- 01:20
Bobbi Moore
I'm not familiar with that cartoon, but would it help if he moved seats?
- 01:27
Professor Norman Hemming
Yeah, yeah, that might be a good idea. It's the gentleman in the blue shirt and blonde pompadour.
- 01:35
Bobbi Moore
Do you mind moving?
- 01:41
Jeff (Beavis look-alike)
I'm sorry? Me you're talking about me. I have no idea what's going on. I'm sorry wait
- 01:49
Bobbi Moore
Yes, can you move the seats?
- 01:52
Jeff (Beavis look-alike)
Okay, sure. I'm sorry. I just I've never heard of that cartoon character
- 01:59
Professor Norman Hemming
And you really never watched Beavis and Butthead when you were a teenager
- 02:04
Bobbi Moore
No, I was pretty so I was going to parties and hooking up Now professor if AI is left unregulated. What is your worst-case scenario?
- 02:13
Professor Norman Hemming
uh well in simplest terms it becomes so intelligent that it deems humans unnecessary and kills us all
- 02:20
Bobbi Moore
but if human beings created the ai can't we just program it to not do that
- 02:29
Professor Norman Hemming
well it depends oh my god are you serious
- 02:34
Bobbi Moore
what i think that's a valid question
- 02:38
Professor Norman Hemming
no No, now there's a gentleman behind you that looks like Butthead.
- 02:44
Bobbi Moore
Professor, just because our audience members aren't as informed on the issue as you doesn't make them Buttheads.
- 02:51
Professor Norman Hemming
Butthead from the cartoon. He's Beavis' friend.
- 02:55
Bobbi Moore
I'd really like to move on and discuss AI, so would you like him to move?
- 03:00
Professor Norman Hemming
Yes, thank you. The man with the gray shirt and exposed gums.
- 03:07
Bobbi Moore
Sir, move seats.
- 03:34
Speaker 1
she's talking to you
- 03:35
Dean (Butt-Head look-alike)
oh I'm sorry me I am so sorry I I'm confused I I'm just here to learn about AI
- 03:53
Bobbi Moore
professor we have a viewer question from X at sandwich980 asks does cornholio need TP for his bunghole
- 04:04
Professor Norman Hemming
Oh, no, no, see, that's just somebody trolling. That's a reference to the cartoon. Cornholio with Beavis is alter ego. He eat the sugar and become Cornholio.
- 04:14
Bobbi Moore
Yeah, I see. Let's move on to our audience questions, starting with Patricia Faulkner.
- 04:20
Patricia Faulkner
Uh, yes, right here.
- 04:22
Professor Norman Hemming
Okay. You put them right next to each other. Look, they even sitting like they do on the show.
- 04:29
Bobbi Moore
You two really don't know that you look like Beavis and Butthead.
- 04:33
Jeff (Beavis look-alike)
I've heard rumblings that I look like someone from TV, but it's just maybe it's this Beemix person. I don't know. I don't watch much television. I have an incredibly busy life.
- 04:52
Dean (Butt-Head look-alike)
Yeah, I'm very busy, too. And this is honestly the first time I've ever heard that I look like this butthead person.
- 05:01
Bobbi Moore
Oh boy, for those just tuning in, this is NewsNation, not the Cartoon Network.
- 05:12
Professor Norman Hemming
Hey, they laugh like them too. You hear that?
- 05:17
Bobbi Moore
Miss Faulkner, go ahead.
- 05:19
Patricia Faulkner
Yes, professor. I'm a speech therapist and I use AI software every day.
- 05:26
Professor Norman Hemming
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. How long y'all been friends?
- 05:30
Jeff (Beavis look-alike)
I don't know this gentleman
- 05:31
you don't know each other
- 05:34
Bobbi Moore
all right let's take a break after we'll speak with some gentlemen from Texas who lost their jobs to AI I'm sure they have lots to say
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