Posting Through It 081: AI Scott Adams is My Kind of Guy [Preview]
Feb 19, 2026
They dig into a mysterious posthumous AI recreation of Scott Adams and why his family and the internet are up in arms. They explore cultural unease with digital likenesses and the weird rise of a feminized AI avatar people are strangely attached to. They also touch on social media sharing data with DHS and a major 2026 public collapse of a media figure.
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Cultural Refusal To Let Go Of Death
- American culture resists accepting death and instead recreates the deceased through technology and spectacle.
- Michael Edison Hayden links this mania to wider social pathologies, including a rise in authoritarian tendencies.
AI Scott Adams Podcast Sparks Family Backlash
- Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden recount the emergence of an AI-generated Scott Adams podcast after his death.
- They note the estate and family publicly objected despite earlier clips where Adams joked about AI usage.
Posthumous Consent Is Legally And Ethically Murky
- Scott Adams previously made public statements offering his likeness for AI, but associates say he later reconsidered.
- The dispute shows consent claims for posthumous AI can be ambiguous and contested by estates.