AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018) • Hacker News Board

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

teraflop wrote: post #6

nsxwolf wrote: post #5

A staple of science fiction comes to life.

And conversely, Star Trek's frequent use of voiceprint authentication looks sillier by the day.

Fun fact: Several financial institutions (Vanguard, Schwab) allow your voiceprint to be an authentication mechanism.

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by Lordarminius » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 4:55 PM UTC

AI can make decisions, create deep fakes, and now, clone voices.

It may be that the next big business opportunity lies in creating 'anti-AI' technology just as it did with antiviruses in the 90's and 2000's

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by telesilla » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

goodmachine wrote: post #7

The malign applications of this technology greatly outweigh the benign. Discuss.

On a benign level, many VO artists will find themselves out of work now that we can have Don LaFontaine back.

On more positive outlook, perhaps this, along with deepfakes, propels us faster towards an evidence-based society.

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by hurrdurr2 » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 4:57 PM UTC

Autocratic regimes can rejoice...they can extract public confessions so much easier now...

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 5:00 PM UTC

siffland wrote: post #9

teraflop wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And conversely, Star Trek's frequent use of voiceprint authentication looks sillier by the day.

Code 1,1A Code 1,1A,2B Code 1B,2B,3 Zero-Zero-Zero Destruct Zero What that is secure.......

Now imagine the Borg with their advanced computers not being able to cause all Federation star ships to self destruct (BSG style).

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by floatrock » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #11

teraflop wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And conversely, Star Trek's frequent use of voiceprint authentication looks sillier by the day.

Fun fact: Several financial institutions (Vanguard, Schwab) allow your voiceprint to be an authentication mechanism.

There was a story a few months back about some British subdivision VP wired a million dollars to eastern europe because the CEO called him up and told him to do it or something like that.

It was the CEO's voice, but it wasn't the CEO.

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by SamBam » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

goodmachine wrote: post #7

The malign applications of this technology greatly outweigh the benign. Discuss.

Con: It's now easier than ever to fake someone saying something outrageous, and have that lie spread across the world long before the truth can get its boots on.

Pro: Humphrey Bogart can direct you to your destination!

I admit, it's a hard choice.

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by frandroid » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 5:02 PM UTC

The synthesized voices sound similar but would probably not fool a good voice-print system.

Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 5:04 PM UTC

goodmachine wrote: post #7

The malign applications of this technology greatly outweigh the benign. Discuss.

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Re: AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018)

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Post by macca321 » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 5:04 PM UTC

frandroid wrote: post #18

The synthesized voices sound similar but would probably not fool a good voice-print system.

No, but they would probably fool a friend or family member over a phone line. Yikes.