Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f...
by palata on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:57PM
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Put the recent tech advances together: we can now ask bots to generate an identity online that looks like a legit human (with pictures, audio, text).
Of course a human could do that manually, but with those AIs it's a completely different scale, and it can be automated (so someone with no skills can click a button "generate 10k fake identities online").
Maybe even with one click, those techs could generate a fake coworker and send phishing e-mails. Suddenly every single e-mail you receive (or friend request or call) could be a very convincing fake. You don't have to be a high-value target anymore, it's all automated.
That makes it much more dangerous: from "can be forged manually with time and resources" to "everyone can do it at scale for free".
Of course a human could do that manually, but with those AIs it's a completely different scale, and it can be automated (so someone with no skills can click a button "generate 10k fake identities online").
Maybe even with one click, those techs could generate a fake coworker and send phishing e-mails. Suddenly every single e-mail you receive (or friend request or call) could be a very convincing fake. You don't have to be a high-value target anymore, it's all automated.
That makes it much more dangerous: from "can be forged manually with time and resources" to "everyone can do it at scale for free".