-We will help you carve out the most problematic areas
and what we can do with them because I think
a common misconception around death cleaning
is that we're just here to like throw things out and declutter
and like we're done with it.
But that's not what it's about. At its heart,
it's about discovering what's important to you.
-Yeah. -And what are your hopes for these things?
-Welcome back to "Late Night."
We're here with Amy Poehler, everybody.
That was a clip from "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning."
"The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning."
Not a show when I met you almost two decades ago
I would have thought would be a show you'd produce.
-Yeah, well, I'm always growing and changing and...
But it's so cool.
It's based off of a book, and it is this idea of kind of
kind of how do you want to go through your things?
How do you want to live your life?
What conversations do you want to have
while you're still around
and what stuff can you get rid of
to not burden the people who are left when you're gone?
So I do the voice-over for it. We produced it along with Scout,
the great producers who do "Queer Eye."
We have three great Swedish death cleaners
who come in and are like incredibly
Swedish in the best -- in the best way.
I mean that because they're so direct.
-Yes. -And I think clarity is kindness.
I like direct people. -Yep.
-As you can probably tell.
And so they just say very -- They get to the point.
-They're almost the opposite of magicians.
-Uh, 100%. [ Laughter ]
Magicians are like, "I'm over here, I'm over there."
And you're like, "No, you're going to jail.
You're in jail. That's where you should be -- in jail."
-So your brother, married to a wonderful Swedish woman,
has a Swedish family, lives in Sweden.
So you've become very -- you've become very aware
of the beautiful benefits of the Swedes.
-And you would think I could speak more Swedish,
but I can't. But I love that country.
And my brother lives there with his family and yeah,
and the Swedes have this way of just saying like,
"This is ugly."
[ Laughter ]
"You don't like it and we don't like it
and you need to go -- it needs to go away."
And you're just like, "Wow." [ Laughter ]
They say it really fast and I like that about them.
-And do you find having, like, engaged with this,
do you find you're good at that now in your life?
Are you getting rid of things?
Are there things that you're keeping
because you want to be able to pass them on?
-Yeah, I think, right? Everybody's trying to figure out
what they should keep for their kids,
what their kids will like, especially we have kids,
and you think about what their first apartment,
if they would like this old rotary phone.
[ Laughter ]
You're like, "How many DVDs are they going to be into?"
-They might come back.
I feel as though by the time your kids go to college.
-Well, not --
I do feel, though, that A.I. is going to kill us.
-Uh-huh. [ Laughter ]
-And I, you know, we're Gen X,
so I think we are the last generation
that are not going to mate with robots.
[ Laughter ]
I think we will fight against the robots.
But Gen Z will love and marry robots.
-Right. [ Laughter ]
And that will be hard because we will be obviously
waging some sort of sort of underground revolution
against the robots and at the same time,
your sons are going to bring them home.
-Exactly, yeah. [ Laughter ]
-And then you're going to have to act
like you like the robot.
-Exactly. You're going to have to make the choice.
Like, do I save my half robot, half human son?
-Yeah. -Or do I kill him because I know
he's going to put worms in my brain
or whatever they're going to do?
I can't even imagine what -- I'm no robot.
I'm a human. [ Laughter ]
But I don't like it. and I won't date a robot.
-You won't? -No.
-Interesting. Even if --
-Nope. No matter how hard you try.
-Can I try to sell you on it? Alright.
-You're not going to sell me on it. I'm not dating a robot.
-Okay, but here's the thing.
Here's how the A.I. love robot that we're developing works.
At first it's going to be bad, right?
It's not going to work out. But each successive date,
the A.I. will learn more about you.
And then -- so by like date 10, you'll be like,
"Oh, we really understand." You have to feed the A.I. robot.
-Oh, I have to feed it?
[ Laughter ]
Oh, great. So it's like a human man, then?
Is that what you're talking about?
[ Laughter ] I have to tell it what I like
and then it knows? -Yeah.
Also, you got to plug it in. You got to remember to plug it in.
-I have to return every couple of years --
I'm like, "It's broken. I need a new --"
It's like the iPhone.
I'm like, "I need a new robot boyfriend."
No, I won't date a robot no matter how hard you try.
Unless... -Okay.
-He picks up food on the way home.
[ Laughter ] -Wait. That's the one thing?
I feel like robots almost already do that.
-Yeah. Oh, yeah. Those robots that, like, go --
Have you seen them on the street?
Well, you guys probably don't care
because you're all Gen Z, and you're like,
"That's cute." -Yeah.
-It's not going to be cute when you go home
and you lift up your covers and it's living there
and it's going to kill you and strangle you.
-Do you feel like -- Are you overwhelmed
by the technology your kids are engaging with?
-Yeah. Although, you know, have you tried that chat --
Maybe you guys have done bits on it here about ChatGPT.
-Yeah, no, we haven't really messed around with it much.
-You haven't messed around with it? -No.
-Okay. So it can't really write a joke yet.
I don't think. And once it writes a joke, like game's over.
-Yeah. No, that's actually -- -That's it.
-We're just going to do one real sad last show.
-Yeah.
-There's going to be a robot dressed
just like me sitting there waiting.
-Yeah. -Like [Whirring]
-And then it's just like, yeah, it can't write comedy yet,
but, I mean, I'm sure it will in like a week.
-Yeah. This is like -- You know what?
It's so great that you're here on our last week.
[ Laughter ]
-Our last human week. -Oh, man.
What a great thing to have you here on our last human week.
You were here on our first human week,
and you were here on our last.
-I know you're --
When is your anniversary for your 10 years?
Next year? -Next February is 10 years.
-Wow. That's awesome. -Isn't that crazy?
[ Cheers and applause ]
And I always say it.
I mean, I got to give credit where credit is due
because our first show, you were first.
It was very important to me that you were our first guest.
And then that meant we had to ask the second guest,
who was a young fellow named Vice President Joe Biden.
[ Laughter ]
Now, usually vice presidents,
when they're on a 12:30 show, would go first.
-Yes. -And we did say to Joe Biden,
"Would you be okay following Amy Poehler?"
And to his credit, he was like, "I'll follow her anywhere."
So very, very charming, very sweet of him.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Well, it's lovely to have you here, as always.
How about break a leg, wherever you may bring your legs?
I'm very excited for the Restless Leg tour.
I think we're all very excited.
-Thank you very much, Seth. I really appreciate it.
And I love coming here. You know I love you.
Thank you so much. I love you. Goodbye.
-Pick up the check. Pick up the check.
Pick up the check. Amy Poehler, everybody.