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Re:AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018) by tgsovlerkhgsel on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:31PM (#21526842)
I think there are many benign applications, and definitely a massive potential for abuse. In practice, it will be used mostly for benign applications, I think, but due to the outsized impact, you could still say the malign applications outweigh.

However, what I found reassuring is that the paper actually addresses these concerns:

"However, it is also important to note the potential for misuse of this technology, for example impersonating someone's voice without their consent. In order to address safety concerns consistent with principles such as [1], we verify that voices generated by the proposed model can easily be distinguished from real voices"

This doesn't mean it won't fool humans, especially when used in a carefully crafted setting (low-quality phone call with distressing content).

Re:AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018) by gambler on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:07PM (#21527312)
I'm guessing this will just be used as an excuse by Google to prevent this technology from being easily or fully accessible to others.