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

Post by hanspeter » Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 6:52 AM UTC

Loughla wrote: post #140

Defenestresque wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People had the exact same concerns when digital image manipulation software became popular, including the "we will never be able to trust an image again" question. To answer your question, I think the biggest step we took in adapting to the ever-present risk that an image may have been manipulated is acknowledging that it's possible. As soon as people knew that something could be faked, they realized that having a pu…

Luckily now people don't ever believe photographs as sole evidence in the court of public opinion, and always corroborate that evidence. Wait. No. I had that backward. How long has photo manipulation been around? And people still fall for it every minute of every day. I have zero faith these tech developments will lead to anything good, or that we'll even learn how to deal with them effectively.

Post by spats1990 » Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 7:17 AM UTC

cataphract wrote: post #255

BigJono wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're way off on this one. A lot of those use cases don't work because texting is an asynchronous communication channel unless it's got some sort of automated system behind it. The reason you can't order takeout or make a reservation through text is because you come to an impasse if the person on the other end gets distracted and doesn't respond. The value in something like UberEats or OpenTable isn't in message pas…

You might think that, but when I was in Brazil, ordering food by WhatsApp was commonplace. The restaurants would, generally speaking, answer very quickly. Some would send you the daily menu every morning.

Post by gt2 » Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 7:41 AM UTC

krustyburger wrote: post #269

inetknght wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live in Houston. I recently read a Houston Chronicle article describing very similar scenario. I don't have the exact link (it was from 2019), but here's one from 2013 [0]. Combined with the inability to verify the actual phone number displayed on caller ID has led me to tell all of my family to not ever accept a phone call from a number they don't recognize. There's literally zero trust in our phone system upon wh…

I’ll bite. Who is legally required to do that? Are they not allowed to sleep or be otherwise indisposed?

Post by bonestamp2 » Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 9:10 AM UTC

jancsika wrote: post #200

arkades wrote: post #159

I once got a call while I was lecturing some students. It was repeated three times in three minutes - I assumed it was an emergency and stepped out. I was greeted by someone explaining that my father had caused a car accident, and they were calling on his behalf. That someone would need to send over some money for repairs or they’d call the police. Sure. They added that their cousin, the driver, is a parolee now hold…

> I can only imagine what I’d have done if I’d heard my fathers voice pleading for help. Hm... that certainly gives me pause, and my first reaction was to be very afraid. On the other hand-- it still doesn't hold a candle to pyramid scheme sales techniques. I mean in a lot of cases those involve your actual loved ones betraying your trust and love in order to sell merchandise for a third party. Yet somehow in the fac…

Post by b0rsuk » Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 9:34 AM UTC

Lordarminius wrote: post #12

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