The latest installment of the show about everyone\u2019s favorite foul-mouthed CGI bear, \u201cTed,\u201d premiered on Peacock on Thursday, and fans noticed a presidential cameo that turned out to be the series creator, Seth MacFarlane, employing the use of AI for one hell of a Bill Clinton impersonation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In the season\u2019s fifth episode, entitled \u201cThe Sword in the Stoned,\u201d the series\u2019s out-of-touch, Boston-accented father, Matty Bennett (Scott Grimes) is forced to take a job at local Dunkin\u2019 Donuts in Massachusetts. That\u2019s when MacFarlane \u2014 as the AI-assisted and creepily accurate incarnation of the 42nd president \u2014 strolls into the store. Watch the clip here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Though AI gave MacFarlane, also the voice of the titular character, the uncanny appearance of Clinton, the voice is very much all him, as he\u2019s done the impression for many years. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been doing my Bill Clinton impression since the early days of \u2018Family Guy,\u2019\u201d MacFarlane told the Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting example of how AI can be used as a tool and not necessarily trample on the art that the rest of the industry is doing. We tried prosthetics, we tried traditional CGI and everything just looked terrifying. So we just said, \u2018To hell with it, let\u2019s try AI.\u2019 It worked. It was the only way to look like Bill Clinton.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The setting for the show\u2019s second season is 1994-1995 (the characters learn about the O.J. Simpson verdict in the season finale), a timeline where Clinton would be firmly established in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the scene, Clinton asks Matty for a recommendation on what to order, which prompts Matty to let the commander-in-chief know just what he thinks of his job as president. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI would recommend you do a better job,\u201d Matty says, nervously stuttering. \u201cYou\u2019re not doing a very good job.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Clinton responds cordially enough before dismissing his Secret Service detail and demanding that Matty \u201cthrow some fucking Munchkins in a bag, gimme a cup of coffee and shake my hand and smile to the window, so people know we\u2019re having a good fucking time.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Many viewers expressed disappointment at the use of AI, which has caused trepidation within the entertainment industry that the technology could replace human artists. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWhy not just get a decent Bill Clinton impersonator?\u201d one user on X wrote. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt honestly looks awful. It looks like he is being dubbed over with English, and the face can barely express an emotion. They would be better off just having the actor dress up as him,\u201d another wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, others defended the use of the technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Seth](\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/69ab2f72170000a43f2b145f.png?cache=KAXWCKOdX6&ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&format=webp)
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