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I've seen that also. I initially thought it was shockingly good, but now I'm not so sure. Who is the easiest person in Hollywood to impersonate? Al Pacino, right? Everyone does a Pacino. And that's because he's so distinctive that the impersonator doesn't have to be good to create believability. He can just punctuate sentences with "hu-ah" and randomly shout things etc. and it's so recognizable that it's successul.I’ve asked it to write lyrics to a song about a given subject in the style of a well-known artist. For example, I asked it to write a Drake diss in the style of Morrisey, back when the Kendrick/Drake feud was blowing up. It was shockingly good.
I wonder if the AI is basically doing just that. It finds the parts of the impression that are most visible and leans on them, making the impression recognizable but kitschy. Sort of like when Dali became a parody of himself later in life.
For instance, I've found that it is good at impersonating TS Eliot. He's incredibly easy to parody because his style is so unique and recognizable. It is dreadfully awful at Plath, even though she's not all that difficult to parody either. It's pretty good at Borges (if you disregard the substance, which is an unfair request), and even better at Faulkner, but terrible at Pynchon.