Season 27 episode 3, Sickofancy, satirizes tech industry's reckless adoption of AI by following Randy Marsh's ChatGPT-and-ketamine-induced spiral. ICE arrests Randy's illegal Mexican farmworkers, leaving only Towelie as an employee. Towelie, a washed-up, drug-addicted character created to lampoon merchandising excess, uses ChatGPT to help Randy devise plans to transform the marijuana farm into an AI-powered platform for global solutions. Towelie also considers becoming a movie director after AI reinforces his absurd ideas, prompting Randy to praise the technology. Sharon grows jealous of Randy's phone conversations and refuses to use ChatGPT.
Even if you haven't read some of the scariest stories about AI in the last few months, it's easy to see how a machine that flatters its users and encourages to aid their every whim could become a massive problem. So, in episode 3, aptly titled Sickofancy, Randy Marsh's desire to save his marijuana farm from total collapse sends him on a ChatGPT and ketamine-induced spiral that goes all the way to Donald Trump and the White House.
Originally created to satirize the absurd lengths to which Comedy Central was merchandizing the series, Towelie eventually degraded over twenty-plus seasons to become a washed-up, drug addicted punching bag for whenever South Park simply wanted to take a break from the news and poke fun at themselves. So, in the latest episode, he uses ChatGPT to help Randy draw up plans to turn their marijuana farm into an AI-powered platform for global solutions. Towelie's also thinking of becoming a movie director.
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