In a show-stopping duet, Broadway legends Todd Almond and Donna Murphy (portraying the imagined character of AI) dig into our tangled relationship with artificial intelligence — blending wit and warmth with a touch of existential dread. This Broadway act, written exclusively for TED, is cabaret meets searing social commentary meets comedic gold. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 11, 2025)
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@ora_official989
July 31, 2025 at 11:05 am
Second
@cadnaanbeeg7930
July 31, 2025 at 11:06 am
No😂
@supernova2411
July 31, 2025 at 11:08 am
Awful, no room for generative AI which poisons our air, soil, and water
@LivinginSLCwithLaura
July 31, 2025 at 11:10 am
Is this really an AI person singing?
@oo7porschemgs995
July 31, 2025 at 11:24 am
Yes, and your comment is ai too.
@oo7porschemgs995
July 31, 2025 at 5:17 pm
@@BonnieShadow33reading is hard, this is why we need AI!!! 😂
@CardojeMusic
July 31, 2025 at 11:15 am
Interesting…we’ve been warned!
@ewalichorowicz4614
July 31, 2025 at 11:15 am
Who would have guessed AI can be honest and funny, too? 🎉 😂
@kevoreilly6557
July 31, 2025 at 11:19 am
Boomers against AI 😂
@aniketpatil9030
July 31, 2025 at 11:20 am
What a beautiful musical. I thought it would be real AI but who knows, maybe AI wrote this song perhaps. Loved it for sure.
@LadybugMindfulMotion
July 31, 2025 at 11:21 am
❤❤❤❤❤
@Bikewer
July 31, 2025 at 11:22 am
Pretty clever….
@HadiAlmyahy
July 31, 2025 at 11:32 am
I don’t believe she is a real AI.
@BonnieShadow33
July 31, 2025 at 5:13 pm
Oh please, the description SAYS it’s Donna Murphy, “portraying the imagined character of AI.”
@DMLand
July 31, 2025 at 11:34 am
This had the possibility of being unbearably lame, but it was clever and she’s got a voice!
@فلسطين_حب
July 31, 2025 at 11:44 am
I do not know whether I am sad or admire?
The end of the world approached, human!
@tka-tpa-prapatankalisari45192
July 31, 2025 at 11:57 am
Just to say congratulations 🎉 TED❤️
@tka-tpa-prapatankalisari45192
July 31, 2025 at 12:00 pm
And happy so much!
@KaziNahid-t1s
July 31, 2025 at 12:01 pm
I Don’t believe it, so sorry🤡🤡
@maddyshine
July 31, 2025 at 12:37 pm
Ai def wrote this song haha
@ShawnBloom
July 31, 2025 at 12:37 pm
She reminds me of a mix between White Diamond from Steven Universe and Audrey 2 from little shop of horrors😅
@ryansandwich1086
July 31, 2025 at 12:54 pm
Nobody wants AI to handle our art and self-expression for us. We want AI to handle our tedious and mundane tasks so that we have more time for art and self-expression.
@Jay-kx4jf
July 31, 2025 at 3:11 pm
Yeah i agree it’s foolish to use it for self expression (unless it’s training wheels).
But I think the way to frame it is that.
We get to experience the expression of the AI. Not ours. But it’s expression.
And it’s built out of the collective of us.
@kinsmed
July 31, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Hilarious. And eerie.
@ninjabard1898
July 31, 2025 at 1:13 pm
“I was chatting with my computer AI.” Just stop. Keep AI out of the arts. Full stop.
@SQ_SherryQ
July 31, 2025 at 1:20 pm
This is my brand new all time favorite – 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 bravo
@suicune2001
July 31, 2025 at 1:28 pm
5:18 OMG 😂😂😂😂😂
@sidolanters1394
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 pm
Dislike because AI is mentioned
@operachild
July 31, 2025 at 6:20 pm
Broadway legend and Icon and star of The Gilded Age: Donna Murphyyyyyyy!!!!!!
@mbadiou
July 31, 2025 at 9:11 pm
This is bullshit. We don’t want AI doing this stuff. It is soulless guff. Let AI do our mundane tasks please and leave us to do art. Stop this rubbish
@DuckieMcduck
August 1, 2025 at 12:37 pm
lol it’s a play, there is no AI. She’s playing a character.
@RimbawanGerilya
August 1, 2025 at 6:03 am
Captivating performance but weird context. Did AI wrote this?
@chrisphillips5098
August 2, 2025 at 4:51 pm
What a brilliant performance
@jubileegabrielmateo7437
August 2, 2025 at 6:56 pm
May I remind you that this “A.I. lady” was the same woman who kidnapped a pop singer for her powerful hair.