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Re: 15.ai

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Post by maxander »

15ai wrote: post #121
deeplearner1 wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you still plan to publish your research in a paper?

Yes, I do. For the past three years, I have done nothing but work on this project nonstop. I've been working on massive improvements (that some have pointed out in this thread) that I've been stuck on for the past several months, but I'm getting close to finishing that up. I don't feel comfortable publishing or releasing anything until I know for a fact that I can make no further improvements. It's not out of corpora…

Respectfully, the perfect is the enemy of the good, and it’s entirely reasonable to publish what you have now. If later you make further improvements, you can simply publish again.

Re: 15.ai

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Post by Closi »

forrestthewoods wrote: post #74
deeplearner1 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Make money”? The creator loses several thousands of dollars a month hosting the site, and it’s done for free. The Patreon donations are all voluntary and only offer a pittance to the developer. I highly suggest reading into the project first. The Wiki article I linked before ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15.ai ) answers all of your questions about copyright infringement.

Feel free to replace "make money" with "collect revenue". This is currently a research project (with funding). However it's long-term goal is to achieve commercial quality voice acting and dubbing. It could be given away for free, sold directly, sold downstream, sold indirectly, or otherwise generate commercial value. In terms of copyright infringement, your wiki link answers nothing. A court ruled that Google could…

Like you say, the law is not settled on this, but I assume if the author got a takedown request they would probably comply.

In many instances a policy of "ask for forgiveness rather than permission" can get you further, faster. While Nickelodeon are unlikely to grant you a license to the Spongebob voice because that has broader licensing and IP repercussions, they are likely to tolerate a research project using their characters (e.g. just as they have to-date tolerated The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Rehydrated, which was a fan re-creation of one of their actual movies).

Re: 15.ai

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Post by 15ai »

maxander wrote: post #131
15ai wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I do. For the past three years, I have done nothing but work on this project nonstop. I've been working on massive improvements (that some have pointed out in this thread) that I've been stuck on for the past several months, but I'm getting close to finishing that up. I don't feel comfortable publishing or releasing anything until I know for a fact that I can make no further improvements. It's not out of corpora…

Respectfully, the perfect is the enemy of the good, and it’s entirely reasonable to publish what you have now. If later you make further improvements, you can simply publish again.

You're completely correct, but I'm afraid this is more of a personal problem. I know I'll never be able to forgive myself if I figured out a solution to one of the more obvious problems with the model after I've already published it. I'd just be far more comfortable being happy with my own work before I release it to the wild. I know that this is selfish, and I apologize.

Re: 15.ai

#134

Post by astrange »

crooked-v wrote: post #24
eljimmy wrote: post #13

This is unrelated but what's with the fascination with HN users and My Little Pony? I've noticed this on a lot of posts in the past few months.

It's basically the same as unironic appreciation of various child-targeted-but-adult-friendly 'slice of life' anime, just more incongruous-seeming because of the 'pony' thing.

Slice of life anime are targeted to college students and usually air too late at night for kids to catch them.

Re: 15.ai

#135

Post by [deleted] »

Closi wrote: post #132
forrestthewoods wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feel free to replace "make money" with "collect revenue". This is currently a research project (with funding). However it's long-term goal is to achieve commercial quality voice acting and dubbing. It could be given away for free, sold directly, sold downstream, sold indirectly, or otherwise generate commercial value. In terms of copyright infringement, your wiki link answers nothing. A court ruled that Google could…

Like you say, the law is not settled on this, but I assume if the author got a takedown request they would probably comply. In many instances a policy of "ask for forgiveness rather than permission" can get you further, faster. While Nickelodeon are unlikely to grant you a license to the Spongebob voice because that has broader licensing and IP repercussions, they are likely to tolerate a research project using their…

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Re: 15.ai

#136

Post by encryptluks2 »

Would be hilarious if Google deranks their site and bans their YouTube for redirecting you to a Rick Roll YouTube video for rejecting their terms.

Re: 15.ai

#137

Post by 15ai »

dheera wrote: post #102
claviska wrote: post #67

I appreciate the intent, and I understand that many people will do the wrong thing so this was probably an attempt to get such folks to actually read and adhere to the TOS, but the obnoxious consent dialog with a mandatory countdown turned me off. It’s probably not effective, either. On desktop, maybe I’d open dev tools and remove it. On mobile, I won’t be bothered. I hate that this is what the web has become and I c…

To use 15.ai without accepting the TOS just paste this in the console document.querySelector('.vm--modal').remove();document.querySelector('.vm--container').remove(); Or add it to some default script that is applied to all pages, that way when you visit 15.ai you never even see the TOS box in the first place.

It seems a bit overkill to do this instead of just waiting 10 seconds to click on the little green button, but I suppose this is a viable alternative.

Re: 15.ai

#138

Post by mrstone »

15ai wrote: post #115

Hello. I made this. I'm a bit shocked at how many people are getting things wrong and taking things out of context, so perhaps I could answer some questions. To clarify: I have not been with MIT in years. I was paid the minimum hourly rate (roughly $14 an hour) to work on a related project during my undergraduate years, which eventually evolved into this project years down the road. (In fact, I had to pay for my own…

How do you have the money to support this project as an undergrad?

Re: 15.ai

#139

Post by 15ai »

mrstone wrote: post #138
15ai wrote: post #115

Hello. I made this. I'm a bit shocked at how many people are getting things wrong and taking things out of context, so perhaps I could answer some questions. To clarify: I have not been with MIT in years. I was paid the minimum hourly rate (roughly $14 an hour) to work on a related project during my undergraduate years, which eventually evolved into this project years down the road. (In fact, I had to pay for my own…

How do you have the money to support this project as an undergrad?

I have not been with MIT in years. I had a successful exit not too long after graduation, and I've been spending most of my earnings on this project.

As an undergrad, I was completely broke. I figured that keeping the project free to use was the best thing I could possibly do with my research as I continued to work on it.

Re: 15.ai

#140

Post by 15ai »

disprog wrote: post #75

First randomly generated text was "Have you read your SICP today?" Brings back fond memories of /prog/ and all its nonsense. Praise The Sussman!

To be honest, I thought more people on HN would appreciate the little in-jokes that I added to the website (such as the Interjection copypasta and the multiple Rickrolls hidden throughout), but it's nice to see that some people do still share my lame attempt at humor :)
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