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What's the feasibility of signed ads/speech verified on the device (tv, phone, etc.)?
It is scary for sure. We were heading towards a brave new world even before chatGPT, where what's real was no longer to be taken for granted and you couldn't trust your eyes and ears. ChatGPT has just hastened things. I'm sure a new market will emerge for authentication services that verify the speaker or the person in the video similar to how we had twitter verified checkmark. On the flip side I can't wait for someo…
I think he's right about this—things are going to get weird and ugly and people aren't prepared for what's coming. Here's my suggestion for safeguarding your sanity in the years ahead: find the people and the blogs you love, embrace RSS, block or avoid everything else, read old books, stop listening to podcasts, revert to email as the primary channel for occasional "social" correspondence, abandon all side projects t…
I agree with most of your advice, especially "go outside" ... but I don't understand why one should "stop listening to podcasts". Do you mean stop listening to podcasts which discuss current events? Because there are plenty of good podcasts which don't. Also, I think this is good advice even without the proliferation of deepfakes or GPT spam. I already abandoned social media in favor of small group chats and Real Lif…
So who's going to build the sex phone line where you can talk to celebrities like Marilyn Monroe?
For some folks , they would just want to have a conversation with your favorite actor, author, celebrity psychologist just for fun.
I tried ElevenLabs and it is truly amazing. You don't need much audio to train it and the final result can be incredible. I shared some of the snippets with friends and relatives and after the intitial scare (same as John) we agreed that the outcome wouldn't be different than a few years ago... We had impersonators for decades, so what have stopped political parties to hire an impersonator to create fake audios? The…
I tried ElevenLabs and it is truly amazing. You don't need much audio to train it and the final result can be incredible. I shared some of the snippets with friends and relatives and after the intitial scare (same as John) we agreed that the outcome wouldn't be different than a few years ago... We had impersonators for decades, so what have stopped political parties to hire an impersonator to create fake audios? The…
The difference is the scale, speed, and cost. You have to at least find an impersonator who can do a passable impersonation of the target, which may be a tall order. They can't impersonate everyone perfectly, and the really good ones are probably busy and/or expensive. Anyone can use this. Kids could use it.
What kinds of stuff are kids going to use this for that is dangerous? Fake their parents to call in sick to school?
It is scary for sure. We were heading towards a brave new world even before chatGPT, where what's real was no longer to be taken for granted and you couldn't trust your eyes and ears. ChatGPT has just hastened things. I'm sure a new market will emerge for authentication services that verify the speaker or the person in the video similar to how we had twitter verified checkmark. On the flip side I can't wait for someo…
When we take trips, I like to record a retrospective. Just things like what did you like/dislike/find interesting. They feel awkward but then they don’t.
I think this is only really a risk at the low end -- people scamming others with fake references from quasi-celebrities. Not great, but overall feels pretty minor of a concern. We already allow the carriers to scam everyone in the US by allowing anyone to call your cell phone and try to tell you you're behind on your insurance, or that your computer has a virus. There's plenty of scams out there, if we really thought this was a problem, we'd care more about the existing ones.