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VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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Post by moffkalast »

WithinReason wrote: post #3
asddubs wrote: post #2

now here's an AI integration that doesn't seem pointless and stupid

In fact it's a feature I've been waiting for someone to do!

Finally something that can potentially run on those new shoehorned NPUs and isn't just more spying.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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Post by neilv »

Will the ML model be fully open?

(Like open source software, so that, in theory, someone could see see the source code, source data, and process for how it was trained, and reproduce that? And could they change how that model is built, not just tuning atop it, and distribute that under the same open source license?)

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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Post by thanatos519 »

rvnx wrote: post #11
haunter wrote: post #7

Maybe we will get AI generated frame-stepping backwards by 2035? /s

Edit: mentioned frame interpolation, but seems like it was about something else; being allowed to go one frame backward

> frame-stepping backwards

That's not frame interpolation. Just being able to step back one frame at a time.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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Post by redserk »

asddubs wrote: post #2

now here's an AI integration that doesn't seem pointless and stupid

There’s a reason it’s being implemented in an open source application that gets actual use instead of a random-word-generated-elevator-pitch being chased by VC funds and dinosaurs in the stock market.

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Post by soulofmischief »

compootr wrote: post #6
cynicalsecurity wrote: post #4

Please no AI.

> using open-source AI models that run locally on users’ devices, eliminating the need for internet connectivity or cloud services this isn't the bad kind of ai we hate... it could be actually useful!

The unmitigated tendency for people to selectively morally approve homeomorphic elements of the same set based on whether or not each element is personally useful to them is extremely alarming.

Re: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles

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Post by torben-friis »

I recently used some subtitles that I later found out had been AI generated.

The experience wasn't really good to be honest - the text was technically correct but the way multiline phrases were split made them somehow extremely hard to parse. The only reason I learned AI was involved is that it was bad enough for me to stop viewing and check what was wrong.

Hopefully it's an implementation detail and we'll see better options in the future, as finding subtitles for foreign shows is always a pain.

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