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No, ‘The Simpsons’ Didn’t Predict Diddy’s Recent Troubles


‘The Simpsons’ showrunner Matt Selman is denying that the show predicted Diddy’s recent troubles and said AI images circulating online are ‘digital misinformation’

Diddy.Prince Williams/ Getty Images The Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman is setting the record straight over speculation the hit animated program predicted Diddy ’s recent troubles. Selman says an image circulating online that depicts Diddy as a Simpsons character on the run from the police is the work of AI — not the show’s animation team. “If you study math, you will know that if the show makes literally tens of thousands of jokes about American society over almost 800 episodes, it would be statistically impossible not to create material that overlaps with what would later happen in real life.”

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