Seth MacFarlane Said “To Hell With It” Using AI In ‘Ted’ To Transform Into Bill Clinton: “It Was The Only Way”

As Hollywood’s concern around artificial intelligence grows, Seth MacFarlane is justifying the technology after bringing one of his long-running impressions to life.

The Oscar nominee recently explained why he used AI in the sophomore season of the 1990s-set Ted, now available to stream on Peacock, to turn himself into President Bill Clinton for a cameo in the episode ‘The Sword in the Stoned’.

“I’ve been doing my Bill Clinton impression since the early days of Family Guy,” he told the Associated Press. “It’s 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.”

MacFarlane added, “We tried prosthetics, we tried traditional CGI and everything just looked terrifying. So we just said, ‘To hell with it, let’s try AI.’ It worked. It was the only way to look like Bill Clinton.