‘Simpsons’ showrunner says the show didn’t predict Diddy and considers the viral image fake

‘The Simpsons’ may have a reputation for making pop culture predictions that come true, but in this case… DiddyAfter the demise of the Fox cartoon, no such prediction was made.

The showrunner of the cartoon, Matt Selmanexplained it all to TMZ after an “AI fake” of Diddy, drawn as a ‘Simpsons’ character, running from the police in a pink suit, made the rounds online.

The TV producer tells TMZ… “In today’s age of digital disinformation, The Simpsons ‘predictions’ (or more accurately, ‘coincidences’) have become meaningless. Any fool can generate an AI image based on an actual event and say “The Simpsons predicted it!” – and decent but easily deceived people will believe it because they want it to be true.”

To be fair to those duped, the image was quite convincing, especially since it featured a pink suit that Diddy previously wore on the red carpet.

Matt slammed those who used artificial intelligence to deliberately mislead the public… but reminded fans that it doesn’t take much to authenticate an image.

MS also touched on the show’s success in predicting major events in history – including the Ebola outbreak, the ‘Game of Thrones’ series finale, the Titanic submarine disaster, Siegfried And Roy tiger attack, Lady Gaga‘s Super Bowl halftime show and Donald Trump‘s presidency.

According to Matt, the show’s success rate at predicting the future comes down to two things: history and math.

He explained… “If you study history, you will be able to ‘predict’ the future because humanity’s folly repeats itself. If you study math, you will know that if the show literally makes tens of thousands of jokes about American society about almost 800 episodes it would be statistically impossible not to create material that overlaps with what would happen later in real life.