Kathy Burke wrote her new autobiography because she was fearful that an AI version would be released filled with inaccuracies and lies.
The actor and comedian, releases her brilliant book A Mind Of My Own tomorrow charting her tough upbringing and life in theatre, TV and film.
Kathy continued, “I never thought I would write one, but I never thought I would.” She also explained how and why the book came about. I’ve actually written some kind of autobiographical material for television and other things, but I never thought I would write a memoir, but the threat of AI was looming.
That merely meant that some a**hole could simply enter a microphone and say, “Do me a biography of so and so,” before proceeding to do it and so, which terrified me a little bit. So I paused and proceeded, “I’ll stop being lazy.”
She continued, “Well, I’m going to enjoy this, because whenever I’ve done writing in the past, I’ve actually found it lonely. Writing is the only time I’ve ever felt lonely, which is why I don’t do it much.
“So I decided to do a few chapters to see if I liked it and liked it before signing any contracts. And I really enjoyed it.
I believe that it’s just being older, not writing dialogue, and just sort of reflecting on one’s own interests, which is one of my favorite pastimes!
Kathy wrote the book entirely on her iPhone, writing a few chapters a month and then sending to her publishers and meeting them for lunch to discuss it. After a few months of writing she realised she had a lot to say so the book only goes up until she hits 40 and steps away from acting full time.
She stated in a Q&A at the Adelphi Theatre, “I didn’t want to rush the last 25 years. Holly, Kathy’s publisher, said, We’ll take it up until when I decided to sort of officially give up acting. Stop being my first job, for example. So it increases significantly until I just turn 40, which is when it really increases. In a few years, there might be a second book.
“We’ll see how I feel,” he said, “We’ll see how this goes and if I can’t be arsed,” not true. “Not the next year, but maybe the following year.”
Her credits include appearances in critically acclaimed movies like Nil By Mouth and comedic TV shows like Absolutely Fabulous, Gimme Gimme, and Harry Enfield and Chums.
She also acknowledges that she eventually gave up acting entirely because she preferred to direct theater productions, but she still occasionally appears on screen, most recently in the Steve McQueen film Blitz, which debuted last year.
Other famous people have expressed their concerns about AI, particularly in Hollywood, where AI actors are now prevalent.
The creation was terrifying, according to Emily Blunt, who spoke on a Variety podcast.
That qualifies as AI, right? When shown a video of Tilly Norwood, the Oscar-nominated actress said, “Good Lord, we’re screwed. That is incredibly terrifying; agencies, please stop doing that. Stop, please. Please don’t let human connection end.
For as little as 99p, you can also purchase a large number of celebrity biographies created with AI tools like Chat GPT. However, they lack any independent verification and are notoriously inaccurate.
This week, author Sir Philip Pullman has also requested that the government change the laws governing “scraping,” in which authors’ books are used to teach artificial intelligence (AI) software to understand and generate human language.
