Re:A haunting new documentary about Anthony Bourdain
by ycombobreaker on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:23AM
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It's weird, and it crosses the line into misrepresentation. The written word and the spoken word are different forms of communication. A deepfake is using his words but synthesizing his facial expressions, pacing, and tone.
Everything we know about how information is lost from face2face to text--why /s is a thing in the first place--should reinforce this. A deepfake is still a small fiction.
(edit for spelling)
Re:A haunting new documentary about Anthony Bourdain
by mthoms on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:02PM
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It's my understanding that the deepfake is voice only - but I might be mistaken.
Re:A haunting new documentary about Anthony Bourdain
by ycombobreaker on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:14PM
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Yeah maybe voice only, but my point stands. They are inventing inflection, tone, pacing, etc.
It is weird, but they are using the AI generated voice to read actual emails, so they aren’t guessing what he might say.