{"slug": "edinburgh-fringe-garrett-millerick-we-tried-it-your-way", "title": "Edinburgh Fringe - Garrett Millerick: We Tried it Your Way ★☆☆☆☆", "summary": "Garrett Millerick's Edinburgh Fringe show 'We Tried it Your Way' received a one-star review, with the critic calling it the worst show at the fringe. The show features an AI trained on Millerick's stand-up, which the reviewer says is obnoxiously dull, while Millerick himself is simply obnoxious, insulting a child volunteer and delivering bitter, tired rants.", "body_md": "Easily the worst show we've seen at the fringe. Garrett Millerick has trained an AI on his stand up. Can it replace him?\n\nYes, but only in the sense that the AI is obnoxiously dull and Millerick is simply obnoxious.\n\nHe insulted a kid who he'd called on to stage to help him. Not even in a jokey way, just being rude. His splenetic rants against religion and politics were beyond tired. The dating segment was like something from an incel forum. Bitter and uncomfortable.\n\nThere's a minor point that's made about whether AI comedy is cheating (yes) and if comedians need to be worried (no). But even when he goes back to performing his organic routine, it is dire. There are a few chuckles to be had, but most of the audience were just looking stricken with second hand embarrassment.\n\nThe delivery is a one note rant, the jokes are the shouting of an angry disillusioned man, and the AI is a clanker of the worst order.\n\nDire.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/edinburgh-fringe-garrett-millerick-we-tried-it-your-way", "canonical_source": "https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/edinburgh-fringe-garrett-millerick-we-tried-it-your-way/", "published_at": "2026-08-12 17:55:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-12 18:22:02.764373+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Garrett Millerick", "Edinburgh Fringe"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/edinburgh-fringe-garrett-millerick-we-tried-it-your-way", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/edinburgh-fringe-garrett-millerick-we-tried-it-your-way.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/edinburgh-fringe-garrett-millerick-we-tried-it-your-way.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/edinburgh-fringe-garrett-millerick-we-tried-it-your-way.jsonld"}}